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 Ver long legged mosquito like fly?
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 04-04-2009 21:27
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 Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
The body was about 10mm but each leg was longer than that. Pictured in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The insect seems to float in air, I am not sure what it holds on to.
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 04-04-2009 21:33
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 04-04-2009 21:35
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| pwalter |
Posted on 04-04-2009 23:34
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Limoniidae male. Hi! |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 05-04-2009 06:20
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Hi pwalter. Thanks for the id. Possible to get a genus? Any idea how it hangs in air? Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 05-04-2009 18:03
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7222 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Limoniidae and other Nematocera regularly hang on to spiders' webs. I think there are some fine silk threads providing the suspension here! It's a great way of avoiding ants and other terrestrial predators, and providing the fly keeps very still, the spider won't know it's there!
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 05-04-2009 21:05
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Wow. Great survival mechanism. Don't they stick to the web though? Thanks Tony. Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 05-04-2009 23:47
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7222 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Seems not. They may choose where to hang on very carefully (only certain bits of the web have sticky drops), or may have some non-stick wax on their feet.
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 06-04-2009 05:11
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
ok, Thanks 
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| Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 17-03-2016 13:17
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 Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3303 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Atypophthalmus sp.
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