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 Anax imperator eating Sarcophagidae
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 31-07-2008 21:40
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
I encountered this female Anax imperator at 21.00 hours, 30 May 2008, hunting up and down a track through a wheat crop, Indre et Loire, central France. After some minutes she caught this Sarcophagid and landed in the crop to consume it. I could hear her crunching the body of the fly as she ate.
Susan R Walter attached the following image:  [89.63Kb] Susan |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 31-07-2008 22:26
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 Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
Hi Susan, a nice image, i never succeeded to do photo of an Anax imperator. cosmln |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 01-08-2008 00:09
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Susan, I have the opposite of that. This time the fly wins . |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 01-08-2008 08:30
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Cosmin - I have nice photos of a male from an inner city park in east London too  Thanks for the compliment.Rui - that is one mean fly ! I've seen Asilids take damselflies, but not anything as big as in your photo. Susan |
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| Isidro |
Posted on 01-08-2008 08:41
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Member Location: Zaragoza, Spain Posts: 2101 Joined: 26.04.07 |
Yes, ID is correct: Anax imperator. Also the said sex is correct. Rui, your dragonfly is Sympetrum fonscolombei. |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 01-08-2008 22:30
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thanks for the id Isidro |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 02-08-2008 21:10
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
Isidro wrote: Yes, ID is correct: Anax imperator. Also the said sex is correct. Rui, your dragonfly is Sympetrum fonscolombei. Is not Sympetrum (more than 8 antenodal transversal vein). Some Orthetrum (~12 antenodal transversal vein), this in Romania will be Orthetrum coerulescens (i will check if you have other similar species and come back here). also for me this is the biggest prey i have seen on a robberfly. cosmln |
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| cosmln |
Posted on 03-08-2008 22:14
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Member Location: Romania Posts: 956 Joined: 18.03.07 |
just back from the field. checked and the prey is Orthetrum coerulescens. cosmln |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 05-08-2008 21:46
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Cosmin, thank you very much for the correction. This species is very common here, the blue males are very beautiful. |
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