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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 12-12-2007 09:47
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 Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 860 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Hello everyone, This is a poor picture, but it has the merit of Action. When I first viewed it some years ago, I thought " a bug (Nabidae) eating a chironomid" and left it at that. Revisiting it during the long winter evenings, I see it was frankly foolish : it's a fly eating a fly of course, hence it belongs to this forum. My only excuse was the enlarged median femur of the predator. Can anyone comment about the predator's family - or more ? Size is small - witness the prey which was a typical chironomid (I think) Heron (Belgium) July 6th 2004. TIA Philippe Philippe moniotte attached the following image:  [100.6Kb] Edited by Philippe moniotte on 12-12-2007 10:36 |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 12-12-2007 10:07
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
The happy killer fly is a Platypalpus (Hybitidae).
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 12-12-2007 11:53
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19363 Joined: 11.05.04 |
*Hybotidae. Taking on a chironomid. I hope its stomach can handle that much chironomid. 
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 12-12-2007 12:45
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Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 860 Joined: 14.10.05 |
Well, it was quite swollen already, anyway! Philippe |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 12-12-2007 14:02
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That was probably due to a large amount of eggs. Energy will need to be replenished after these are deposited. 
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