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| Raimo |
Posted on 05-03-2018 23:17
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Member Location: Karlstad, Sweden Posts: 1470 Joined: 10.11.13 |
Could the victim in the photo be a Hydrotaea borussica? Mid Sweden July 20 2017. Raimo attached the following image:  [243.65Kb] Edited by Raimo on 06-03-2018 18:45 |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 06-03-2018 15:02
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9228 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I agree, H. borussica
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Raimo |
Posted on 06-03-2018 18:44
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Member Location: Karlstad, Sweden Posts: 1470 Joined: 10.11.13 |
Thankyou Nikita. |
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| oceanlis2000 |
Posted on 09-03-2018 11:40
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Member Location: Wales, UK Posts: 570 Joined: 15.06.10 |
Any idea what caught it?
Dr Elisabeth A. Harris @FloraConsUK |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 09-03-2018 13:19
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9871 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Looks like family Crabronidae. Some catch flies and store them for larval wasps to eat. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 09-03-2018 18:15
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9228 Joined: 24.05.05 |
A typical hunter on medium-size Muscid is Oxybelus. I observed it hunting on Gymnodia flexa and Musca sorbens (https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=3604). Thus, H. borussica too. Oxybelus is confirmed by expert: A. Antropov
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Raimo |
Posted on 09-03-2018 19:43
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Member Location: Karlstad, Sweden Posts: 1470 Joined: 10.11.13 |
Thanks for info on the wasp. Its probably Oxybelus uniglumis since almost all Oxybelus reported in Sweden belong to this species (and only one I have myself seen). An alternative could be O. mandibularis. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 11-03-2018 08:27
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9228 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Oxybelus uniglumis (Linnaeus, 1758) is confirmed by A. Antropov
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| oceanlis2000 |
Posted on 13-03-2018 14:38
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Member Location: Wales, UK Posts: 570 Joined: 15.06.10 |
Nice one
Dr Elisabeth A. Harris @FloraConsUK |
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but don't see the image in the post.
