This season has been a little warmer than most. One of many noticeable side effects has been a longer than usual fruit fly season. Actual fruit flies? I don't really know, but they are smaller than house flies and they are obsessed with out scraps bucket (ends up in our compost bins) and any fruit they can mate with.
Anyhoo, I was standing at the kitchen sink doing some dishes when I noticed one of these mini-flies swimming through condensation on the window in front of me.
The common stereotype of tracking usually conjures up images of footprints from such mammals as humans, dogs and big cats (though not such mammals as whales, dolphins or politicians). I can tell you however, I have pretty good books in my collection on the tracking of birds and insects.
Which brings us back to the fruit fly. Alas, by the time I fetched the photo box, the fruit fly had flown. I did, I'm happy to report, get these pics. Not as exciting as puma tracks, but, for some reason, puma are a little under-represented in Tasmania, whereas fruit flies are a tad 'common'.
So, today's track star has 6 legs.
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