Comments on: Exploring Warofeni Cave

By: asti

asti — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:44:56 +0000

a cave always amazed me

By: jdumbacher

jdumbacher — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:46:25 +0000

Thanks – yes – they are in the BIRD’S feathers and the BAT’S fur! These Hippoboscid flies, commonly called “bat flies” are found on birds and bats.

By: Steve Dumbacher

Steve Dumbacher — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 14:20:22 +0000

Excellent photos, Jack and very interesting accounts of your adventures! I’ll check back periodically, and have a safe, productive expedition.

By: Bill Tyler

Bill Tyler — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:32:40 +0000

You write: “We also collected a dozen or more huge Hippoboscid flies, or bat flies, that crawled around in the feathers of the bats.” Bats do not have feathers. Do you mean that the bat flies were crawling in the feathers of the swiftlets?