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This is a behaviour I have noticed on several occasion with flies. When mating, the male seems to prefer to put his front pair of feet on the females compound eyes. Not really sure why, but perhaps it is a way to signal that she shouldn't fly away? If you do now, please leave a comment and make me smarter.

As for the species, I'm sorry to say that I am drawing a blank there as well. It's not that I can't find a robberfly that fits, but more a case of more than one species being a possibility. These two were getting busy on the side of my house as I was out with the wife in the garden and (sort of) helping her with it - bugs like these just need to be photographed, right?

Old watercolor illustration of man covering woman's eyes with hands. Created by Crane and Greenaway, publ. on The Quiver of Love, ed. Marcus Ward, London and Belfast, 1876

Close-up natural-light portrait (outdoor half-length portrait, "full-face" view) of Colombian architect and visual artist Felipe, demonstrating the see-no-evil component (mizaru) of the proverbial principle of Three Wise Monkeys (photo shoot: image no. 1 of 3);
Mérida, Yucatán, México.

More context:
Post-processing Street Portraits (photo blog).
Adding Context to Street Portraits (photo blog).

Close-up natural-light portrait (outdoor half-length portrait, "full-face" view) of my daughter Ulrike, demonstrating the see-no-evil component (mizaru) of the proverbial principle of Three Wise Monkeys (photo shoot: image no. 3 of 3);
Mérida, Yucatán, México.

More context:
Post-processing Street Portraits (photo blog).
Adding Context to Street Portraits (photo blog).

Close-up natural-light street portrait (outdoor half-length portrait, "full-face" view) of Eddie, an elderly eccentric American expat from Okinawa, expressing the see-no-evil component (mizaru) of the proverbial principle of Three Wise Monkeys (photo shoot: image no. 2 of 3);
Yul’s Place, Mérida, Yucatán, México.

2020-02b Facial Expressions 2022 (03a) Eddie: Hear No Evil.
2020-02b Facial Expressions 2022 (03b) Eddie: See No Evil.
2020-02b Facial Expressions 2022 (03c) Eddie: Speak No Evil.

More context:
Post-processing Street Portraits (photo blog).
Adding Context to Street Portraits (photo blog).

Close-up natural-light portrait (outdoor half-length portrait, "full-face" view) of Yul, a young Mexican artist, expressing the see-no-evil component (mizaru) of the proverbial principle of Three Wise Monkeys (photo shoot: image no. 2 of 3);
Yul’s Place, Mérida, Yucatán, México.

2020-02b Facial Expressions 2022 (01a) Yul: Hear No Evil.
2020-02b Facial Expressions 2022 (01b) Yul: See No Evil.
2020-02b Facial Expressions 2022 (01c) Yul: Speak No Evil.

More context:
Post-processing Street Portraits (photo blog).
Adding Context to Street Portraits (photo blog).

I've noticed several times when I've seen flies mating that the male tries to cover the eyes of the female with his feet (hands?). This has hapened too often to be a total coincidence, but I haven't been able to figure out why? A way to distract her so she doesn't stop mid-coitus? Some weird fetish? You tell me.

These two are what I believe to be a pair of kite-tailed robber flies (Tolmerus atricapillus).

Another shot of the same happy couple here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49769195071/

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Composite created for this week's Digitalmania's artist of inspiration, Beth Conklin.

Posted on my FaceBook and AWAKE Facebook group on Dec 6.

Woman from Adobe Stock.
Brain from Adobe Stock.
Frame courtesy of ViVa Fragments framemask 2.
Background courtesy of Pixabay.
Raindrop texture from Topaz Studio.

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Portrait of an businessman covering his eyes isolated on white background

Portrait of playful girl covering fathers eyes in park

Portrait of playful girl covering fathers eyes in park

A male athlete covers his face in the group shower area after running the Marine Corps Mud Run at Camp Pendleton. There are several shots of this man enjoying a shower on the spray pad and taking his time to make sure all the mud is rinsed away.

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A business man is covering his eyes with his hands and has blame and shame with fingers pointing at him.

Sea otter in Morro Bay, CA

(Image: Jared Rodriguez/Truthout)

Image paired with the story:
Higher Education and the Promise of Insurgent Public Memory
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Bryant Park, Manhattan, NYC.

Justin
www.justingreen19.co.uk

Lunchtime reading in Bryant Park, Manhattan, NYC.
2013.

Thanks to all that pass by.
Justin
www.justingreen19.co.uk