I was just driving past a paddock and saw a bunch of bugs flying/hover in big straight columns. There was I’m gonna say over 100 of these. I’d say approximately in 30cm groups. It was weird because every column was almost perfectly apart. Forming a grid of sorts.
No I dont know what type of bug.
If it helps this is in Victoria, Australia. In the evening.
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The theory is that small flies do this to better attract sexual partners. Each swarm only contains male or female flies. Each fly emits a scent corresponding to its sex. One fly can’t produce much scent, but a swarm of same-sex flies can. This attracts flies of the opposite sex to that swarm. A fly of the opposite sex basically homes in on that swarm by its scent and mates with the first fly it bumps into.
The theory is that small flies do this to better attract sexual partners. Each swarm only contains male or female flies. Each fly emits a scent corresponding to its sex. One fly can’t produce much scent, but a swarm of same-sex flies can. This attracts flies of the opposite sex to that swarm. A fly of the opposite sex basically homes in on that swarm by its scent and mates with the first fly it bumps into.
The theory is that small flies do this to better attract sexual partners. Each swarm only contains male or female flies. Each fly emits a scent corresponding to its sex. One fly can’t produce much scent, but a swarm of same-sex flies can. This attracts flies of the opposite sex to that swarm. A fly of the opposite sex basically homes in on that swarm by its scent and mates with the first fly it bumps into.
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