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 What?s this fly doing?
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| amaira |
Posted on 16-08-2007 10:26
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 Member Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 414 Joined: 13.08.06 |
Yes, what is this little fly (tachinidae?) doing, on this bee trapped by a spider?  |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 16-08-2007 10:30
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19311 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Looking for some food. It is a specimen of Desmopetopa (Milichiidae) and they have an uncanny sense of smell to locate dead honeybees on which they can be found feeding. As a rule these bees are captured by predatory insects (Asilidae, Reduviidae, etc.) or spiders (either in webs or, like this one, by crab spiders).
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 16-08-2007 10:35
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2134 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Have a look at: http://www.sel.ba...-home.html Jan Willem |
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| amaira |
Posted on 18-08-2007 20:12
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Member Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 414 Joined: 13.08.06 |
Fantastic!!! Very fascinating. Thanks a lot for the information! |
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| amaira |
Posted on 18-09-2014 11:13
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Member Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 414 Joined: 13.08.06 |
Hallo everyone! A new question on same topic. These are the Milichiidae in Sweden: Sprickflugor Milichiidae Leptometopa latipes (Meigen, 1830) Madiza glabra Fallén, 1820 Milichia ludens (Wahlberg, 1847) Neophyllomyza acyglossa (Villeneuve, 1920) Phyllomyza securicornis Fallén, 1823 Desmopetopa I can´t find. Of what specimen is my fly? |
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| amaira |
Posted on 18-09-2014 11:13
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Member Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 414 Joined: 13.08.06 |
I try again with the photo.
amaira attached the following image:  [70.84Kb] Edited by amaira on 18-09-2014 11:25 |
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| skrylten |
Posted on 18-09-2014 12:26
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1458 Joined: 03.10.11 |
Have a look at "Dyntaxa" http://www.slu.se...xa/search/ The following Desmopetopa have been found in Sweden: Desmopetopa varipalpis Desmopetopa m-nigrum Desmopetopa discipalpis /Leif K |
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| amaira |
Posted on 18-09-2014 14:27
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Member Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 414 Joined: 13.08.06 |
Thanks Leif! But I got no match with Desmopetopa. But I found Desmometopa...?? Närmast underliggande taxa Art: Desmometopa varipalpis Art: Desmometopa m-nigrum Art: Desmometopa palpalia Art: Desmometopa discipalpis |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 18-09-2014 14:34
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19311 Joined: 11.05.04 |
The image does not really allow ID of the specimen. Being on the spider prey and the black colour make it practically 100% certain that it is Milichiidae, but genus is impossible. Other genera than just Desmometopa can be found on spider preys: http://www.dipter...oad_id=183.
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| amaira |
Posted on 20-09-2014 09:39
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Member Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 414 Joined: 13.08.06 |
Thankyou! I got my answer. it is Desmo-M-etopa, not Desmo-P-etopa :) |
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