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Copyright: Arjun Haarith (Arjun)
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| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2009-06-14 |
| Categories: Insects |
| Camera: Nikon D200, AF Nikkor 28-105 Macro |
| Exposure: f/11, 1/30 seconds |
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| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-06-20 10:01 |
| Viewed: 403 |
| Points: 10 |
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A first timer for me this is.. I saw these flies mating on a branch of tree. I could some how manage to get only one snap :(
I don't know for some reason this couple got disturbed and flew away.
flies are insects of the order Diptera (Greek: di = two, and pteron = wing), possessing a single pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax.
The presence of a single pair of wings distinguishes true flies from other insects with "fly" in their name, such as mayflies, dragonflies, damselflies, stoneflies, whiteflies, fireflies, alderflies, dobsonflies, snakeflies, sawflies, caddisflies, butterflies or scorpionflies. Some true flies have become secondarily wingless, especially in the superfamily Hippoboscoidea, or among those that are inquilines in social insect colonies.
Diptera is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species of mosquitos, gnats, midges and others, although under half of these (about 120,000 species) have been described.[1] It is one of the major insect orders both in terms of ecological and human (medical and economic) importance. The Diptera, in particular the mosquitoes (Culicidae), are of great importance as disease transmitters, acting as vectors for malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, yellow fever, encephalitis and other infectious diseases.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota
Order: Diptera |
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