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Cluster Fly with Sticky Pollinaria
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# Title Cluster Fly with Sticky Pollinaria Description A Cluster Fly (Pollenia sp.) stands on a leaf. The yellow objects stuck to the fly's claws are Milkweed pollinaria. The "V-shaped" pollinarium comprises a pollinarium gland and two pollinia (essentially packets of pollen). According to the Milkweed Flowers Web site, pollinaria can be hazardous to insects because of the risk of getting trapped in the flower or even losing a leg. Location and Date Wolf Road Prairie Nature Preserve Westchester, Illinois, USA 6/12/10 (Note: pre-2000 dates are approximate) Credit Mark Swanson/Swanson Media Camera/Source Nikon D300 DSLR Lens AF Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D Model/property releases available? Not applicable/Not applicable Keywords Flies (Diptera), Class Insecta (Insects), Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods), Kingdom Animalia (Animals), Cluster Fly (Pollenia sp.), Cluster Flies and Kin (Polleniidae), Cluster Flies (Pollenia spp.) |
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