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Dancing House Fly

on 12th March 2017

Deepak’s video of a dancing house fly is promoted as “World’s first dancing house fly.”

House Fly (Photo credit: Deepak)
House Fly (Photo credit: Deepak)

Of course the house fly (above) is actually preening itself – cleaning the upper surface of the wings (below)…

Preening upper surface of wings (Photo credit: Deepak)
Cleaning upper surface of wings (Photo credit: Deepak)

….as well as lower surface (below)…

Cleaning lower surface of wings (Photo credit: Deepak)
Cleaning lower surface of wings (Photo credit: Deepak)

…and the three pairs of legs (below).

Cleaning legs  (Photo credit: Deepak)
Cleaning legs (Photo credit: Deepak)

Deepak
India
11th February 2017

This post is a cooperative effort between Birds, Insects N Creatures Of Asia and BESG to bring the study of birds and their behavior through photography and videography to a wider audience.

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YC Wee

Dr Wee played a significant role as a green advocate in Singapore through his extensive involvement in various organizations and committees: as Secretary and Chairman for the Malayan Nature Society (Singapore Branch), and with the Nature Society (Singapore) as founding President (1978-1995). He has also served in the Nature Reserve Board (1987-1989), Nature Reserves Committee (1990-1996), National Council on the Environment/Singapore Environment Council (1992-1996), Work-Group on Nature Conservation (1992) and Inter-Varsity Council on the Environment (1995-1997). He is Patron of the Singapore Gardening Society and was appointed Honorary Museum Associate of the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) in 2012. In 2005, Dr Wee started the Bird Ecology Study Group. With more than 6,000 entries, the website has become a valuable resource consulted by students, birdwatchers and researchers locally and internationally. The views and opinions expressed in this article are his own, and do not represent those of LKCNHM, the National University of Singapore or its affiliated institutions.

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