How does this fly, fly?

Huh-huh. It’s a very bad day for picture taking. The wind is blowing 30mph. The clouds are obscuring the Sunface, but every once in a while, Ogma peeps out. So Crumby is struggling more than usual with his old E330 and Sigma 150mm. Heavy! It’s how an average photographer like Crumby gets photo elbow. Ow!

But documenting these particular flies is more important than usual. That’s because there are so many. Yes. Just on these hollies there are maybe a tousand or possibly two tousand of these little bubble butt soldier flies.

Crumby kept two pictures out of about a tousand or maybe two tousand, this picture and a better one. The reason this one got selected for this venue is because it has the good bubble butt shot. Seriously. How does this fly, fly?


Also, here’s the hairy legged mystery probable dance fly back again. Turns out, in the spring, it’s the probable major pollinator on Nemophila phacelioides. One flower. One fly. Fifty flowers. Fifty flies.