#danceflies — Public Fediverse posts
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CW: photographs and description of mating insects (dagger flies / Empididae)
@Teryl_Pacieco that story reminded me of the weird #matingRitual of some #Empididae (#daggerFlies or #balloonFlies; sometimes also called #danceFlies) that I witnessed (and photographed) in the summer of 2010:
«Some Empididae […] have an elaborate #courtship ritual in which the male wraps a prey item in silk and presents it to the female to stimulate copulation.»
https://mastodon.social/media/9rZmOSftxnHRIh_TSKQ
https://mastodon.social/media/RzHutE04Fo1_lML7V3s