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Noon Fly - Mesembrina meridiana

...an optical slice of one on on a fence post

I see these basking on wood surfaces well into December and they appear back again in March so they feel like an all year photo subject to me here.

I am always amazed by their life cycle details especially their strategy of laying so few eggs. Just 5 eggs for each female! That must surely be very unusual for any insect. Are there other examples that anyone knows of regarding insects that lay so few eggs?

Each female noon Fly lays her 5 eggs 48 hours apart. Each is laid in a different, and carefully selected, cow pat. They are an ovoviviparous fly so the eggs hatch immediately after being laid. The larvae are predatory, eating other fly larvae in the dung.

The adults consume nectar and occasionally fruit/berries. But they seem to have plenty of time just to hang out and spend most of the day on the sunny side or posts and tree trunks and are often in small groups with several other noon flies. They always strike me as a sociable bunch.

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Taken in: UK / N Ireland / Kilmore (show map)

Taken on: October 9, 2024

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Camera: Nikon D750, f/2.8, 1/2000 sec, 60mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D750
Lens:	60.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/2000)
Focal Length:	60mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Other
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 15.0 (Windows)
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