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#9686872

4 March 2023

Banana Stalk Fly (Neriidae) are slender, long-legged flies, a family of true flies (Diptera) closely related to the Micropezidae, found mainly in tropical regions. Neriids breed in rotting vegetation, such as decaying tree bark or rotting fruit. Neriid males engage in spectacular battles for territory or access to females, near -the egg-laying sites. The rivals elevate their bodies to an almost vertical posture, and pound each other with the ventral surfaces of their heads, strike each other with their forelegs, or try to place each other in a head-lock. The Mating couples of Banana Stalk Flys are on the bark of a rotten moringa tree at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 04/03/2023.

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#9686874

4 March 2023

Banana Stalk Fly (Neriidae) are slender, long-legged flies, a family of true flies (Diptera) closely related to the Micropezidae, found mainly in tropical regions. Neriids breed in rotting vegetation, such as decaying tree bark or rotting fruit. Neriid males engage in spectacular battles for territory or access to females, near -the egg-laying sites. The rivals elevate their bodies to an almost vertical posture, and pound each other with the ventral surfaces of their heads, strike each other with their forelegs, or try to place each other in a head-lock. The Mating couples of Banana Stalk Flys are on the bark of a rotten moringa tree at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 04/03/2023.

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#9686876

4 March 2023

Banana Stalk Fly (Neriidae) are slender, long-legged flies, a family of true flies (Diptera) closely related to the Micropezidae, found mainly in tropical regions. Neriids breed in rotting vegetation, such as decaying tree bark or rotting fruit. Neriid males engage in spectacular battles for territory or access to females, near -the egg-laying sites. The rivals elevate their bodies to an almost vertical posture, and pound each other with the ventral surfaces of their heads, strike each other with their forelegs, or try to place each other in a head-lock. The Mating couples of Banana Stalk Flys are on the bark of a rotten moringa tree at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 04/03/2023.

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#9686878

4 March 2023

Banana Stalk Fly (Neriidae) are slender, long-legged flies, a family of true flies (Diptera) closely related to the Micropezidae, found mainly in tropical regions. Neriids breed in rotting vegetation, such as decaying tree bark or rotting fruit. Neriid males engage in spectacular battles for territory or access to females, near -the egg-laying sites. The rivals elevate their bodies to an almost vertical posture, and pound each other with the ventral surfaces of their heads, strike each other with their forelegs, or try to place each other in a head-lock. The Mating couples of Banana Stalk Flys are on the bark of a rotten moringa tree at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 04/03/2023.

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#9686880

4 March 2023

Banana Stalk Fly (Neriidae) are slender, long-legged flies, a family of true flies (Diptera) closely related to the Micropezidae, found mainly in tropical regions. Neriids breed in rotting vegetation, such as decaying tree bark or rotting fruit. Neriid males engage in spectacular battles for territory or access to females, near -the egg-laying sites. The rivals elevate their bodies to an almost vertical posture, and pound each other with the ventral surfaces of their heads, strike each other with their forelegs, or try to place each other in a head-lock. The Mating couples of Banana Stalk Flys are on the bark of a rotten moringa tree at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 04/03/2023.

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#9686882

4 March 2023

Banana Stalk Fly (Neriidae) are slender, long-legged flies, a family of true flies (Diptera) closely related to the Micropezidae, found mainly in tropical regions. Neriids breed in rotting vegetation, such as decaying tree bark or rotting fruit. Neriid males engage in spectacular battles for territory or access to females, near -the egg-laying sites. The rivals elevate their bodies to an almost vertical posture, and pound each other with the ventral surfaces of their heads, strike each other with their forelegs, or try to place each other in a head-lock. The Mating couples of Banana Stalk Flys are on the bark of a rotten moringa tree at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 04/03/2023.

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#9686884

4 March 2023

Banana Stalk Fly (Neriidae) are slender, long-legged flies, a family of true flies (Diptera) closely related to the Micropezidae, found mainly in tropical regions. Neriids breed in rotting vegetation, such as decaying tree bark or rotting fruit. Neriid males engage in spectacular battles for territory or access to females, near -the egg-laying sites. The rivals elevate their bodies to an almost vertical posture, and pound each other with the ventral surfaces of their heads, strike each other with their forelegs, or try to place each other in a head-lock. The Mating couples of Banana Stalk Flys are on the bark of a rotten moringa tree at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 04/03/2023.

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#9686886

4 March 2023

Banana Stalk Fly (Neriidae) are slender, long-legged flies, a family of true flies (Diptera) closely related to the Micropezidae, found mainly in tropical regions. Neriids breed in rotting vegetation, such as decaying tree bark or rotting fruit. Neriid males engage in spectacular battles for territory or access to females, near -the egg-laying sites. The rivals elevate their bodies to an almost vertical posture, and pound each other with the ventral surfaces of their heads, strike each other with their forelegs, or try to place each other in a head-lock. The Mating couples of Banana Stalk Flys are on the bark of a rotten moringa tree at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 04/03/2023.

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#9686888

4 March 2023

Banana Stalk Fly (Neriidae) are slender, long-legged flies, a family of true flies (Diptera) closely related to the Micropezidae, found mainly in tropical regions. Neriids breed in rotting vegetation, such as decaying tree bark or rotting fruit. Neriid males engage in spectacular battles for territory or access to females, near -the egg-laying sites. The rivals elevate their bodies to an almost vertical posture, and pound each other with the ventral surfaces of their heads, strike each other with their forelegs, or try to place each other in a head-lock. The Mating couples of Banana Stalk Flys are on the bark of a rotten moringa tree at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 04/03/2023.

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#9012500

16 October 2022

The greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) also known as greater goldenback woodpecker or Malherbe's golden-backed woodpecker is a large-billed (33 cm) woodpecker species found in wet tropical and subtropical forests across South and Southeast Asia. A female greater flameback woodpecker bird sits on a decaying moringa (Moringa oleifera) tree to eat insects at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 16/10/2022.

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#9012504

16 October 2022

The greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) also known as greater goldenback woodpecker or Malherbe's golden-backed woodpecker is a large-billed (33 cm) woodpecker species found in wet tropical and subtropical forests across South and Southeast Asia. A female greater flameback woodpecker bird sits on a decaying moringa (Moringa oleifera) tree to eat insects at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 16/10/2022.

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#9012508

16 October 2022

The greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) also known as greater goldenback woodpecker or Malherbe's golden-backed woodpecker is a large-billed (33 cm) woodpecker species found in wet tropical and subtropical forests across South and Southeast Asia. A female greater flameback woodpecker bird sits on a decaying moringa (Moringa oleifera) tree to eat insects at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 16/10/2022.

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#8775892

4 September 2022

The fulvous-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei) is a Picidae family Medium-sized (17 to 20 cm) woodpecker species found in the forest at altitudes from 0 - 2800 meters in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Myanmar. These fulvous-breasted woodpecker species are non-migrant resident birds. The populations living in the higher altitudes descend to lower levels during winter. A male fulvous-breasted woodpecker bird sits on a decaying moringa (Moringa oleifera) tree to eat insects at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 04/09/2022.

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#8775908

4 September 2022

The fulvous-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos macei) is a Picidae family Medium-sized (17 to 20 cm) woodpecker species found in the forest at altitudes from 0 - 2800 meters in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Myanmar. These fulvous-breasted woodpecker species are non-migrant resident birds. The populations living in the higher altitudes descend to lower levels during winter. A male fulvous-breasted woodpecker bird sits on a decaying moringa (Moringa oleifera) tree to eat insects at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on 04/09/2022.

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#8660418

13 August 2022

The greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) also known as greater goldenback woodpecker or Malherbe's golden-backed woodpecker is a large-billed (33 cm) woodpecker species found in wet tropical and subtropical forests across South and Southeast Asia. A male greater flameback woodpecker bird sits on a decaying moringa (Moringa oleifera) tree to eat insects at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on August 13, 2022.

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#8660422

13 August 2022

The greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus) also known as greater goldenback woodpecker or Malherbe's golden-backed woodpecker is a large-billed (33 cm) woodpecker species found in wet tropical and subtropical forests across South and Southeast Asia. A male greater flameback woodpecker bird sits on a decaying moringa (Moringa oleifera) tree to eat insects at Tehatta, West Bengal, India on August 13, 2022.

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