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| guenille |
Posted on 06-08-2007 18:19
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 Member Location: France Posts: 714 Joined: 22.06.07 |
Chlorophana has said me "Lonchaeidae I think. On the other hand, I did not know this diet to them. There is a specialist in this family on DI, Iain MacGowan." So Iain what do you think about ? Everybody can say something  Edith  |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 06-08-2007 18:47
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Lonchaeidae, undoubtely! |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 06-08-2007 19:17
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Yep, it's a lonchaeid. They are known to feed on honeydew. I guess the guts of a Syrphus is one place where you can find such sugare liquids 
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| guenille |
Posted on 06-08-2007 20:06
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Member Location: France Posts: 714 Joined: 22.06.07 |
Good idea Nikita  Thanks |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 06-08-2007 20:36
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9460 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Good idea is Kahis's. But we met today the same fly http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=7672 Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| guenille |
Posted on 06-08-2007 20:59
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Member Location: France Posts: 714 Joined: 22.06.07 |
Scuse me for this intolerable mistaken. Promised <<<i will pay attention the next time. And if I undestand well, there are also greedy ones in Russia ? Here, I see this little diptera regularly Greetings Edith |
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| Iain MacGowan |
Posted on 10-08-2007 10:09
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 Member Location: Perth, Scotland Posts: 456 Joined: 25.11.04 |
What an interesting photograph ! sahows up the value of this site. Not that much is known about what adult Lonchaeidae feed on, obviously some species do feed on flowers & honeydew but given the number of individuals which must be about in woodlands they are not seen feeding very often. There is an interesting record in the literature of one species - Lonchaea affinis - being caught in reasonable numbers at meat traps set out for Calliphorids in Norway - so it could be that some species at least like a little meat with their veg. ..... Iain
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