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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>THE HOVERFLY VIDEO IS VERY
INTERESTING Pavel
Láska
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<A title=Francis.Gilbert@nottingham.ac.uk
href="mailto:Francis.Gilbert@nottingham.ac.uk">Francis Gilbert</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=syrphidae@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
href="mailto:syrphidae@lists.nottingham.ac.uk">Hoverfly discussion list</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, August 31, 2012 10:57
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Syrphidae] FW: Hoverfly
video</DIV>
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Stephen Harris [mailto:sjh_qw@yahoo.co.uk] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 30 August 2012
16:43<BR><B>To:</B> Francis Gilbert<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
Hoverfly<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">I posted the 15 sec
clip on Youtube if you are interested in seeing it<BR><BR>Steve<BR><BR><A
href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2HunTBKS6I&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2HunTBKS6I&feature=youtu.be</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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Francis Gilbert <Francis.Gilbert@nottingham.ac.uk><BR><B>To:</B> Stephen
Harris <sjh_qw@yahoo.co.uk> <BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, 26 August 2012,
19:40<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Hoverfly</SPAN><SPAN
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definitely mating behaviour. The male hovers above the female while she is
feeding from flowers. It's actually most well known from Eristalis nemorum.
There's a picture rather like yours in Stubbs & Falk.</SPAN><SPAN
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lang=EN-US>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"
lang=EN-US> Stephen Harris [mailto:sjh_qw@yahoo.co.uk] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 26
August 2012 15:44<BR><B>To:</B> Francis Gilbert<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
Hoverfly</SPAN><SPAN
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">Hi Francis,<BR><BR>I
tried to send you a video clip of these two hoverflies - but the file too
large.<BR><BR>I observed this behaviour the other day, and managed to get a
short video clip of it. <BR>One hoverfly hovered above the other for
several minutes... within a few cms.<BR>The one on the flower was rubbing its
back legs. I thought the hovering individual was waiting a turn on the
flower.<BR>But, after several minutes, they flew off together. Is this part of
a mating ritual, do you think.<BR><BR>If interested, I'll try and find a way
to send it (disc, dropbox?)<BR><BR>Steve</SPAN><SPAN
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Francis Gilbert <Francis.Gilbert@nottingham.ac.uk><BR><B>To:</B> Stephen
Harris <sjh_qw@yahoo.co.uk> <BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, 26 August 2012,
13:29<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Hoverfly</SPAN><SPAN
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lang=EN-US>From:</SPAN></B><SPAN
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lang=EN-US> Stephen Harris [mailto:sjh_qw@yahoo.co.uk] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 26
August 2012 13:26<BR><B>To:</B> Francis Gilbert<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
Hoverfly</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">See previous
email<BR>Could you open video clip?<BR><BR>Steve</SPAN><SPAN
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Francis Gilbert <Francis.Gilbert@nottingham.ac.uk><BR><B>To:</B> Stephen
Harris <sjh_qw@yahoo.co.uk> <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 11 July 2012,
10:12<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Hoverfly</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: blue; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This
is definitely Eristalis. How big was it? It looks like a dark Eristalis tenax
to me, but we cannot see the face and eyes, which would be more
informative.</SPAN><SPAN
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lang=EN-US> Stephen Harris [mailto:sjh_qw@yahoo.co.uk] <BR><B>Sent:</B> 11
July 2012 09:54<BR><B>To:</B>
francis.gilbert@nottingham.ac.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> Hoverfly</SPAN><SPAN
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<P style="BACKGROUND: white" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black">I have a copy of your
book on Hoverflies (Naturalists' Handbooks) and am interested in the wide
variety of hoverflies. I photographed this one in our garden, in Norfolk
yesterday, and couldn't find it in the book, Do you know what it
is?</SPAN><SPAN
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