My first macro insects movie.

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My first macro insects movie.

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http://youtu.be/vB10ZkXPpXg

This is a compilation of some insects I filmed. Like a wasp licking on sugar, a dying Longhorn Beetle I found in the bus and a fruit fly on a coffee can.
I am really wondering what insects I am looking at here.
Especcially the really tiny cute insects which look like they have a smiley face on the back of their heads.
What are they?

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Post by kloppenburg »

DIt you guys have seen the youtube link?
http://youtu.be/vB10ZkXPpXg

Is there a way to embed youtube movies in a post?
I am really hoping to get some feedback. I wanna make more movies like this and want to know more about these insects.
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Post by rjlittlefield »

Sorry, there is no way to embed youtube movies in a post.

About the smiley face insects, can you say at what time in the video those appear?

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Post by kloppenburg »

rjlittlefield wrote:Sorry, there is no way to embed youtube movies in a post.

About the smiley face insects, can you say at what time in the video those appear?

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Thanks for your reply.
The insects appear at 0:35
http://youtu.be/vB10ZkXPpXg?t=35s

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Post by rjlittlefield »

The little light-colored insect at center frame from 0:36 through 0:41 looks like a "springtail" (Collembola). There is an article in Wikipedia HERE and there's a longer good article HERE. Springtails are very common in soil litter but are not often seen unless they emerge in large groups.

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Post by kloppenburg »

I see, lots of thanks!
I discovered the tiny fly, I thought was an ordinary fruit fly actually is an ordinary grass fly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaumatomyia_notata

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Post by Harold Gough »

rjlittlefield wrote:The little light-colored insect at center frame from 0:36 through 0:41 looks like a "springtail" (Collembola).
Definitely. Most likely an Entomobrya but I can't see enough of it.

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Post by darwin »

I see dutch. Did you try to post it on waarneming.nl to ID it?
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Yes I did, thanks

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