Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empis eats Empis (?)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 20-06-2008 00:56
#1
Hello!
Hanging down from an umbelliferous plant yesterday (northwest Germany), it does not seem likely that the smaller fly is the female of this 10 mm
Empis livida (?) ;)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 20-06-2008 00:56
#2
Another view.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-06-2008 20:41
#3
E. livida, probably on
E. nuntia.
Posted by pierred on 20-06-2008 21:38
#4
This cannibalism is probably the reason of the offrand of the male to the female to be able to copulate without being eaten, isn't it?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 20-06-2008 22:21
#5
Paul Beuk wrote:
E. livida, probably on E. nuntia.
Thanks, Paul.