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Thank you folks. I should take a closer look at my own pictures. Here is a cropped section of the photo that more clearly shows the mites: https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/15208801189/ Nancy On 2014-09-29, at 6:07 PM, Bev Wigney <bkwigney@gmail.com> wrote: > Agree with Phil. Those are mites on the thorax. I often find crane > flies loaded with mites. > > Bev Wigney > Round Hill, NS in summer > > On 9/29/14, Phil Schappert <philjs@eastlink.ca> wrote: >> At 5:42 PM -0300 9/29/14, nancy dowd wrote: >>> I was surprised to see this orange-thoraxed Crane Fly duo this >>> morning at the outdoor lights. I never think of Crane Flies as >>> having much colour: >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/15208460670/ >>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/15208624277/ >>> >>> The one showing the very bright orange is a male? ID? >> >> It looks to me like the thorax of the fly on the right of your photos >> is covered in mites, Nancy. A larger version of the photo may help... >> >> Phil >> >> -- >> >> Phil Schappert, PhD >> >> 27 Clovis Ave. >> Halifax, NS, B3P 1J3 >> 902-460-8343 (cell) >> >> philschappert.ca >> imaginaturestudio.ca >> imaginaturestudio.blogspot.ca >> philschappert.com >> >> "Just let imagination lead, reality will follow through..." >> (Michael Hedges) >>
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