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Posted by saturdaze on 05-04-2007 21:22

They are pretty small droplets. Yes, a sphere has the least surface area for the volume contained, but these droplets are tiny . . . dare I say, teenie tiny. Without the tongues of bees that allow a film of fluid to be produced, a droplet might be the only option for flies and other insects without tongues. Here is another example. The droplet is less that 0.5mm in diameter!

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 10-05-2007 20:36

and here goes the mine. Musca cf. autumnalis do bubble blowing.

farm1.static.flickr.com/138/321655620_70cc7b4ef5_b.jpg

Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 10-05-2007 20:36

Posted by pierred on 02-09-2007 21:50

Hello,

Nobody is bubbling the same way :
http://www.dipter...post_37428

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 04-09-2007 19:53

What a lovely picture Pierre!!

I saw this beefly in Switzerland at approx 2000 m. Similar tongue, similar bubble blowing. It must be a different behaviour from the other beefly in this thread.

Posted by pierred on 06-09-2007 06:39

Hello,

Yet another one, by Jorapavi, found today on the main forum :

www.diptera.info/forum/attachments/suillia_sp_1.jpg

Posted by pierred on 06-09-2007 06:43

A second one, still by Jorapavi, seen on the main forum :

www.diptera.info/forum/attachments/sepside_img_1505.jpg

Amazing.

Posted by Iolaire on 13-09-2007 18:40

I finally saw a fly bubbleblowing today. This fly (I think it's Mesembrina meridiana) was sitting for at least 15 minutes really being busy doing nothing but holding it's bubble "in the wind". Well, it wasn't windy at all, the fly was sitting on the sunny side of a leaf but in the shade of another (leaf). It never moved a muscle! Temp. about 16 C. Almost no wind and a bit of on-and-off sun.

Edited by Iolaire on 13-09-2007 18:41

Posted by Newfoundlander on 22-09-2007 23:41

I photographed this fly on September 19, 2007 at 48.163552N 53.966826W (WGS84). The temperature was about 20 Celsius. The sun was at about the 5 o'clock position if the direction the fly was facing is referenced as 12 o'clock. Don't be fooled by the shadows, I used flash. In fact, the instant the flash fired, the bubble collapsed and the fly immediately withdrew the substance into its mouth.
bugguide.net/images/raw/7ZAL0ZVL7ZBL0ZLHQZKH8RKHIRKH2RRH6RALIZAL7ZRHGRHH6RRHGRHH8RLHQR3ZQRWLZZYZIR6L3L.jpg

bugguide.net/images/raw/7ZAL0ZVL7ZBL0ZLHQZKH8RKHIRKH2RRH6RALIZAL7ZRHGRHH6RRHGRHH8RLHQR3ZQRWLZZYZIR6L3L.jpg

Here is the entire fly:
bugguide.net/images/raw/VHGHCH5HBH4HCH5H5ZQL4ZRLDHRL4ZLLTHQLVZEHUZ6HRR2HJH9H9Z9HVZ9HZRNHFHEHUZEH1ZEHZR.jpg

Posted by Dima DD on 25-09-2007 22:32

#10

...and another insect for this collection - look at Hemiptera now!
fotopage.ru/glr/albums/userpics/12357/thumb_P1050802.jpg

http://macroclub.ru/glr/displayimage.php?pos=-16006

Edited by Dima DD on 01-12-2008 01:59

Posted by pierred on 07-10-2007 17:55

#12

Hello,

And another one, by Alvesgaspar :
www.diptera.info/forum/attachments/fly_32.jpg

Edited by pierred on 07-10-2007 17:55

Posted by pierred on 03-11-2007 07:58

#14

Another Calliphora vomitoria found on the main forum (by patder) :
www.diptera.info/forum/attachments/img_0098mouche030506w.jpg

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 26-11-2007 15:19

#15

Anthomyia sp. fly making bubbles in the sun. November, 2007, Lisbon.

Joaquim Gaspar
Lisboa

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-12-2007 17:27

#16

Hello!

Perhaps the flies like to look at their own image in the mirror like this Thricops diaphanus from October 2006

www.foto-upload.de/diptera/071207/Thricops_diaphanus_1.jpg

www.foto-upload.de/diptera/071207/Thricops_diaphanus_2.jpg

Also 2 mm-Drosophilas do it (Dec-01-2007, 7 ?C):
www.foto-upload.de/diptera/071207/Drosophila_cf_obscura_W.jpg

Posted by Alvesgaspar on 31-12-2007 19:18

#18

This time it is a Calliphoridae (a Calliphora vicina?) heating up its regorgitated meal in the sun. Please don't ask what the meal is

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 31-12-2007 22:41

#19

yellow thing... some stomachal fluids..

or a new bubllegum.