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 7 flies on a frog
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| guldsmed |
Posted on 19-10-2024 17:46
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Member Location: Posts: 8 Joined: 15.05.20 |
28th of June 2024 I took a picture of a Pelophylax perezi (Iberian Water Frog) sitting i Río Majaceite near El Bosque in Andalucia, Spain. After taking the picture I noticed several dipterans sitting on the frog. Can they be identified? And what are they doing there? Feeding on skin exudates? P.S. Yes there are only 5 flies in picture here, but the uncut version has 7 ;-) guldsmed attached the following image:  [165.17Kb] Edited by guldsmed on 19-10-2024 18:55 |
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| eklans |
Posted on 19-10-2024 18:53
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 3689 Joined: 11.11.18 |
I think they could be females Atrichops crassipes. For Northwest Europe: Zeegers, Schulten (2022): Families of Flies with Three Pulvilli Greetings, Eric Kloeckner |
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| guldsmed |
Posted on 19-10-2024 19:01
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Member Location: Posts: 8 Joined: 15.05.20 |
Hi Eric Thx for the interesting suggestion! I see that "Females of the genus are all known to feed on frogs (Nagatomi 1964)" - do you know in what manner (I do not have access to that paper)? Blood or skin exudates? |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 19-10-2024 19:39
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10172 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Adult Atrichops feed on the blood of frogs. |
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| guldsmed |
Posted on 20-10-2024 06:30
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Member Location: Posts: 8 Joined: 15.05.20 |
Thx a lot John! |
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