Re: NANFA-L-- What the ______ are these

Patrick Rose (pncwd-in-picusnet.com)
Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:54:55 -0500

The pics were taken by my wife, I do the fish thing and she does the photo
thing, the kids well their hobbies include screaming and yelling, crying is
an occasional part of it, but their list way out numbers mine and my wifes
hobby list.
:)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" <Jan.J.Hoover-in-erdc.usace.army.mil>
To: <nanfa-l-in-nanfa.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 4:49 PM
Subject: RE: NANFA-L-- What the ______ are these

> >>>Patrick posted:
> http://users.adelphia.net/~pncwd/images/what01.jpg
> http://users.adelphia.net/~pncwd/images/what02.jpg
> http://users.adelphia.net/~pncwd/images/what03.jpg
> Anyone know, or has anyone seen them before.<<<
>
> Patrick and other Fans of Flies -
>
> A few more comments on rat-tailed maggots:
> Adults are called "flower flies" and some are mimics of bees and wasps.
> Tails of the larvae are respiratory tubes that function a bit like
> snorkels
> (which must limit the water depths they inhabit).
> They usually occur in fish-less habitats but are apparently quite
> palatable.
> Larvae are (or were) readily available from commercial bait dealers in the
> north (my wife and I ordered them for the insect shows we used to do).
> My own experience has been that many aquatic naturalists have not seen
> them -
> probably because they (the maggots) occur in such transient, shallow,
> dirty,
> or remote (e.g., tree-holes) places that they are not often encountered by
> seine- or dipnet-wielding collectors.
>
> By the way - nice pics.
>
> - Jan Hoover
> Vicksburg, MS
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