Posted by Susan R Walter on 31-10-2007 13:32
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I don't want to worry anyone, but last night I had a dream. In this dream I was attending a Field Studies course and we were working outside on a terrace. I don't know quite what we were supposed to be studying, because a very beautiful fly landed on my coat, which was draped over a picnic table. I immediately switched focus to capture the fly and took it inside to 'deal' with it. The fly was the shape of Baccha elongata ie a thread with a bobble either end, but the size of a large Tipulidae. The really outstanding thing was that it had a ruff of stiff hairs behind the head, and a matching one where the abdomen expanded into a bulbous shape, and the whole fly was the most gorgeous irridescent metallic sky blue. I was particularly pleased that I even knew what it was, because I had seen this species on diptera.info only a few days before. Unfortunately, while I was indoors, a tropical style downpour occurred. I came running out because I needed to save my books, which were all in a plastic crate on the picnic table and were clearly going to be ruined. At this point I woke up.
What do you think the dream is telling me? Extra points to anyone who can name the fly to species level, then Paul will have to add a new forum, called Fantasy Flies. Although not quite as glamorous, imo, but Hydrotachina aquaphila could be added to this forum (it does at least have the advantage of an image).
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