Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly with its prey

Posted by eguzki on 23-05-2008 13:11
#1

Hello!

Unfortunately this photo is the "best" among many others depicting a voracious fly probably Empididae having a hapless one which seems to be Stratiomyiid. Dense vegetation and brushland at montane region in Hungary. (9th of May 2008)

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 23-05-2008 13:39
#2

Actina chalybea seems for me a good candidate for unlucky prey

Posted by eguzki on 23-05-2008 13:46
#3

Hello Nikita!

I had found Actina chalybea last year in same habitat so it might turn to be true..

Posted by igor on 23-05-2008 14:02
#4

Hi Nikita,
Empis sp. is lucky predator:)
Igor

Posted by Paul Beuk on 23-05-2008 14:38
#5

I'd say that the Empis is close to E. femorata. Don't know which species of the group are present in Hungary.