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        Before she leaves the colony that she
          grew up in, she
          mates with a male, in order to
          soon set off their cycle of reproduction. 
             The story on hover-flies is finished now. You may want to select a chapter once again from the bottom switch board or go to the top switch board to select a different story.  | 
      
| 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  |