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 prey Culicidae fly in a spider web...
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 21-11-2006 16:19
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
HI * locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL * date - 4.11.2006 * size - 2 mm (small fly) * habitat - open land * substrate - hang in a spider web... it is a prey... Culicidae fly. is it genus possible to determine?  Thank you! jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [184.81Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 21-11-2006 17:09
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I think this is Chironomidae, and not easy to identify genus!
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 21-11-2006 17:14
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Tony Irwin wrote: I think this is Chironomidae, and not easy to identify genus! this is worst than my spiders. ) Chironomidae - I saw a bifurcation in tip of the abdomen... and some 6-7 segments in abdomen... dark body... but to me seemed a culicidae... now not certain..  why.? thanks, tony! |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 21-11-2006 21:55
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5550 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Culicidae males have antennae that look very different from what you can see here. |
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but don't see the image in the post.