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We didn’t get any sleep the first night because of the puppy, so we all had red eyes. But tonight he slept all night long and we are felling a litter better today.
I wish you all a good weekend.

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We had a lovely sunny dag yesterday with over 20 degrees for the first time in weeks.

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Insects in the Order Diptera, family Calliphoridae are commonly called blow flies, carrion flies, bluebottle, greenbottle, or cluster flies.

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Calliphoridae adults are known for being shiny with metallic coloring, often with blue, green, or black bodies. Antennae are 3-segmented, aristate. The arista are plumose the entire length, and the second antennal segment is distinctly grooved. Members of Calliphoridae have vein Rs 2-branched, frontal suture present, and well developed calypters.

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The characteristics and arrangement of hairs are used to tell the difference between members of this family. All blow-flies have bristles located on the meron. Having two notopleural bristles and a hindmost posthumeral bristle located lateral to pre-sutural bristle are characteristics to look for when identifying this family.

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source: In English wiki In Norwegian wiki

I didn’t find any Swedish ref. in the Wiki, maybe someone can help out.

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Insects in the family Tipulidae are commonly known as crane flies. Adults are very slender, long-legged flies that may vary in length from 2–60 mm (tropical species may exceed 100 mm).

In appearance crane flies seem long and gangly, with very long legs, and a long slender abdomen. The wings are often held out when at rest, making the large halteres easily visible. Unlike most flies, crane flies are weak and poor fliers with a tendency to “wobble” in unpredictable patterns during flight, and they can be caught without much effort. Also, it is very easy to accidentally break off their delicate legs when catching them, even without direct contact.

Crane flies vary in size, with temperate species ranging from 2 mm up to 60 mm, while tropical species have been recorded at over 100 mm. The Giant Crane Fly (Holorusia rubiginosa) of the western United States can reach 38 mm (1.5 inches). Some Tipula species are 64 mm (2.5 inches). Many smaller species (known as bobbing gnats) are mosquito-sized, but they can be distinguished from mosquitoes by the V-shaped suture on the thorax, non-piercing mouthparts, and a lack of scales on the wing veins.

Female abdomens contain eggs, and as a result appear swollen in comparison to those of males. The female abdomen also ends in a pointed ovipositor that may look somewhat like a stinger but is in fact completely harmless.

source: In English wiki In Norwegian wiki

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Time’s fun when you’re having flies.

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I do like these three pictures, do you?

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I spy a little fly. Did you know that here is over 3000 species of flies in Norway?

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I am travelling to Lysekil, Sweden this weekend and hopefully I will bring back a lot of new pictures. Maybe we are taking a trip to the Nordic Ark.

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Beauty or beast?

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I was thinking Lion King when I wrote the title.

Episyrphus balteatus, usually called the Marmalade fly, is a relatively small hoverfly (9-12mm) of the Syrphidae family, widespread throughout all continents. Like most other hoverflies it mimics a much more dangerous insect, the solitary wasp, though it is a quite harmless species. The upper side of the abdomen is patterned with orange and black bands. Two further identification characters are the presence of secondary black bands on the 3rd and 4th dorsal plates and of faint grayish longitudinal stripes on the thorax.

source: In English wiki In Norwegian wiki

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This picture is added 2009.07.26

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This picture is added 2009.07.28