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pat:
for our resident entomologist. This fly, maybe a couple of centimetres long, excluding its legs, was vibrating very fast on the underside of a leaf for at least an hour. Any idea what it would have been doing?

Calilasseia:
The current view is that this behaviour helps to disperse pheromones to attract mates. Though this view may change as the organisms are better studied. A lot of work has been conducted on their taxonomy, but much less work has been conducted on their ecology, with the exception of some agriculturally important species.

TRex:
But what is it?

Valerie:
Perhaps a Crane Fly? 

mkenuk:
That would be my suggestion, a crane fly aka a 'daddy long-legs'.

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