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 sit-and-wait tactics in tachinidae
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 31-10-2007 19:45
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 Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 797 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Hallo, I am interesting in sit-and-wait tactics which is normal in predators but sometimes can be observed in parasitoits and - enough strange - in males of some beetles to "rape" females. (1) there is a drawing of a tachinid Rondania dimidiata in a clasical handbook Escherich (1923) with an explanation that the fly is waiting for the opportunity to insert its egg into oesophagus of a feeding Brachyderes incanus (attached scan) (2) I photographed once a Drino fly in front of a group pine sawflies waiting motionless for more then two hours probably for a feeding bout of the larvae (pine sawflies feed in short and intense bouts).; unfortunately I had to leave the place before it might happen. (attached picture) I am hungry for any information extending my scarce knowledge about this phenomenon. any help? thanks in advance!!! mwkozlowski attached the following image:  [48.71Kb] very general entomologist |
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 31-10-2007 19:48
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 797 Joined: 17.10.06 |
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