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Feb 28, 2019 02:33 | #1

Spotted this wonderful looking fly a week ago on one of camellia bushes doing it's territorial display. They have great eyes and those very odd facial bristles which are used in sumo wrestling contests if another male tries to take the territory.

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A shot from a few years ago of two wrestling males

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Mar 01, 2019 13:53 | #2

Interesting behaviour, like the GIF.

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Mar 02, 2019 00:17 | #3

racketman wrote in post #18820930

Interesting behaviour, like the GIF.

Thanks Toby

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Mar 06, 2019 09:44 | #4

Superb series Brian.

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