By effort and slowly the hover-fly creeps out of its shell. After this, its skin needs to dry. |
Joy of Hovering | Wrong Bride | An Egg | A Typical Larva | |
In the Colony of the Ants | The Chrysalis | A Birth Starts | First View | |
Hatching | Unfolding Wings | A Young Hover-fly | A Fast Fly |
Photograph by José Verkest, text by Maria Pfeifer |