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 Ephydridae to ID
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 16-04-2010 19:04
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
What is this? Maybe Hydrellia? location: Barcelos, Portugal date:08/04/2010 Rui Andrade attached the following image:  [95.77Kb] |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 16-04-2010 19:05
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 16-04-2010 19:06
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
This ephydrid was tasting a collembolan, but it seems he thought it was still "green" YouTube Video |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 16-04-2010 19:14
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
A fantastic video, Andrade! Well done. An ephydrid licking a collembolan (Sminthurus cf. viridis)
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 20-04-2010 12:23 |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 16-04-2010 19:20
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thanks Jorge. And thanks as well for the collembolan identification! |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 16-04-2010 22:16
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7348 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Hydrellia, probably maura or griseola . They are predatory, and this one may have been wondering whether Collembola are good to eat - evidently not! Perhaps the bristles were putting it off?
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 16-04-2010 22:38
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thank you Tony! Maybe collembola are not good for ephydrids, but for dolichopodids they are a treat. Either that, or the collembolan above was "green", and the one the doli caught was ripe lol
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| Igor Grichanov |
Posted on 17-04-2010 09:35
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 Member Location: St.Petersburg, Russia Posts: 1820 Joined: 17.08.06 |
Campsicnemus umbripennis? (femal)
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 19-04-2010 00:23
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thanks Igor |
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