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====Flies==== Midges, such as ''[[Tokunagayusurika akamusi]],'' form swarms, dancing in the air. Swarming serves multiple purposes, including the facilitation of mating by attracting females to approach the swarm, a phenomenon known as [[lek mating]]. Such cloud-like swarms often form in early evening when the sun is getting low, at the tip of a bush, on a hilltop, over a pool of water, or even sometimes above a person. The forming of such swarms is not out of instinct, but an adaptive behavior β a "consensus" β between the individuals within the swarms. It is also suggested that swarming is a [[ritual]], because there is rarely any male midge by itself and not in a swarm. This could have formed due to the benefit of lowering inbreeding by having males of various genes gathering in one spot.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/midges|title=Midges|website=MDC Discover Nature|language=en|access-date=2019-11-19}}</ref> The genus ''[[Culicoides]]'', also known as biting midges, have displayed swarming behavior which are believed to cause confusion in predators.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kirkeby |first1=Carsten |title=Observations of female and mixed sex swarming behaviour in ''Culicoides'' LATREILLE, 1809 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) |journal=Polish Journal of Entomology |date=30 June 2018 |volume=87 |issue=2 |pages=191β197 |doi=10.2478/pjen-2018-0014|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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