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The World of Minibeasts

Hover-flies - Hatching

 

the hover-fly microdon spec. just hatching By effort and slowly the  hover-fly creeps out of its shell. After this, its skin needs to dry. 

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Photograph by José Verkest, text by Maria Pfeifer