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The hover-fly crushes its shell and thrusts away the front part by temporarily enlarging its head. It pumps body liquid into the front part of its head, by which it temporarily blows up. |
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The hover-fly crushes its shell and thrusts away the front part by temporarily enlarging its head. It pumps body liquid into the front part of its head, by which it temporarily blows up. |
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Joy of Hovering | Wrong Bride | An Egg | A Typical Larva |
| In the Colony of the Ants | The Chrysalis | A Birth Starts | First View | |
| Hatching | Unfolding Wings | A Young Hover-fly | A Fast Fly |
Photograph by José Verkest, text by Maria Pfeifer |