Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Medetera (Dolichopodidae) fly & prey Cecidomyiinae+Porricondylinae.
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| Jim Senn |
Posted on 25-01-2022 16:14
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Member Location: Badem, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Posts: 596 Joined: 21.01.21 |
Badem, RLP, Germany; 10 Sep 2021; cf Drosophilidae Fam fly; can somebody ID it? It is sitting on a window sill eating an aphid that is laying eggs (4).
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| Jim Senn |
Posted on 25-01-2022 16:15
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Member Location: Badem, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Posts: 596 Joined: 21.01.21 |
Second photo.
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 25-01-2022 17:05
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14154 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Medetera (Dolichopodidae) feeding on a larva. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Jim Senn |
Posted on 25-01-2022 17:53
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Member Location: Badem, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Posts: 596 Joined: 21.01.21 |
Thanks for your help. Whatever the insect is that it is feeding on, it laid 4 eggs while I was taking photos. |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 25-01-2022 18:19
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14154 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Jim Senn wrote: Whatever the insect is that it is feeding on, it laid 4 eggs while I was taking photos. Ah, yes. Now I see the legs. So no larva... Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 26-01-2022 14:00
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I think the prey might be a gall midge. Certainly no aphid because I can see halters.
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| John Carr |
Posted on 26-01-2022 15:11
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 Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10442 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Paul Beuk wrote: I think the prey might be a gall midge. Certainly no aphid because I can see halters. It has the short first tarsomere of the Cecidomyiinae+Porricondylinae clade. |
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| Jim Senn |
Posted on 26-01-2022 18:03
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Member Location: Badem, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Posts: 596 Joined: 21.01.21 |
Thanks, to both of you for the help. I had switched between Aphid & Fly a couple of times. I'll look at it again with this information. |
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