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Aug 29, 2016 08:10 |  #1

Here in Southwest Ohio, we had a two or three week period where there was an explosion in the number of hover flies. The numbers were WAY above normal. If you sitting outside, you would quickly have 30 or 40 of them lighting on you at a time, with this sort of thing in epic proportions:

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Aug 30, 2016 00:41 |  #2

Lovely captures- sound like a an HF orgy
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Sep 04, 2016 16:58 |  #3

LordV wrote in post #18111016 (external link)
Lovely captures- sound like a an HF orgy
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Thanks :D

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Sep 06, 2016 11:00 |  #4

A lovely pic of them Travis - I rarely see hovers mating, so its a nice find for you (and great because you will have some more lol).

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Sep 06, 2016 14:16 as a reply to  @ LindaB's post |  #5

Thanks Linda. This year's explosion in numbers resulted in mating everywhere... There for a couple of weeks it was impossible to sit in a lawn chair without being covered with them, many in tandem :)

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Sep 06, 2016 15:36 |  #6

CanopicJar wrote in post #18119036 (external link)
Thanks Linda. This year's explosion in numbers resulted in mating everywhere... There for a couple of weeks it was impossible to sit in a lawn chair without being covered with them, many in tandem :)

Really? That is a lot lol.

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Sep 07, 2016 12:50 |  #7

Wonderful capture.

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Sep 15, 2016 17:55 as a reply to  @ Lester Wareham's post |  #8

Thank you Lester

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