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Flesh fly jungle cleaning service, La Isla Escondida, Colombia This group of flesh flies seemed to be having an awesome pizza party, feeding on likely the remains of some other insect. Interestingly, each fly looks quite different from the other. I&#039;m not sure if this means different species or just different life stages or sexes.<br /> <br /> Another example of a feeding frenzy found a bit later:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69605/black_ant_jungle_cleaning_service_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html" title="Black ant jungle cleaning service, La Isla Escondida, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/69605_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1770854410&Signature=X6w7Kseb%2Fgk%2FuALPcdTDhxQDef4%3D" width="200" height="200" alt="Black ant jungle cleaning service, La Isla Escondida, Colombia A troop of small stumpy black ants feeding. Another example of a feeding frenzy found a bit earlier:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69598/flesh_fly_jungle_cleaning_service_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,World" /></a></figure> Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,World Click/tap to enlarge

Flesh fly jungle cleaning service, La Isla Escondida, Colombia

This group of flesh flies seemed to be having an awesome pizza party, feeding on likely the remains of some other insect. Interestingly, each fly looks quite different from the other. I'm not sure if this means different species or just different life stages or sexes.

Another example of a feeding frenzy found a bit later:

Black ant jungle cleaning service, La Isla Escondida, Colombia A troop of small stumpy black ants feeding. Another example of a feeding frenzy found a bit earlier:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/69598/flesh_fly_jungle_cleaning_service_la_isla_escondida_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2018,Colombia South,La Isla Escondida,Putumayo,South America,World

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Looks like different species to me! Super cool ;P Posted 7 years ago
    1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
      Ferdy Christant
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      I regret not zooming in on the right one, beautiful eyes. Posted 7 years ago
      1. View Christine Young's profile
        Christine Young
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        Definitely! Posted 7 years ago

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Uploaded Nov 22, 2018. Captured Oct 17, 2018 08:48.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/16.0
  • 1/60s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm