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This Dogday Harvest fly (Tibicen canicularis) shows three stages of emerging.

When first out of its nymphal husk its wings were still wet and crumpled. Its underside was to the camera.

Three minutes later it had reversed itself and its wings were almost fully expanded.

Six minutes after I noticed it its wings were fully expanded and the insect had positioned itself for maximum wing-drying wind and sun exposure.

John