Dance flies (Empis opaca) mating while hanging from a grass stem, with female feeding on a March fly courtship gift provided by the male, Wiltshire UK

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Dance flies (Empis opaca) mating while hanging from a grass stem, with female feeding on a March fly courtship gift provided by the male, Wiltshire pastureland, UK, May.

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Size: 3017px × 2262px
Location: Wiltshire, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: behaviour, brown, copulation, courtship, dance, diptera, empid, empididae, empids, empis, flies, fly, gift, hanging, insects, invertebrates, kingdom, mating, opaca, uk, united, white