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 spider commensal
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| Dimitri Geystor |
Posted on 17-02-2006 18:11
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Member Location: Posts: 43 Joined: 03.03.05 |
Greetings, I was busy photographing a large Araneus diadema female who had just captured a bee, and was actively wrapping it up, not minding at all my close approach. Then to my surprise I noticed a small fly, some 2-3mm long, pacing all over the captured bee, indifferent to the spider and obviously feeling quite at home. Is it a known behaviour, and do you have any ID suggestions ? general picture closer look at the tiny fly Regards, Dimitri |
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| diphascon |
Posted on 17-02-2006 21:04
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Member Location: Posts: 85 Joined: 26.07.05 |
Hello Dimitri, some Milichiid flies are known to show such a "kleptoparasitic" behaviour. But I can't tell you if the fly on your pics is reall a Milichiid. Have a look at the following thread: http://www.dipter...ead_id=528 cheers - martin |
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| Dimitri Geystor |
Posted on 17-02-2006 21:29
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Member Location: Posts: 43 Joined: 03.03.05 |
Martin, Thanks for the suggested thread. It was a pleasure to see another beautiful and informative picture by Sarah (a regular visitor to the insectes.org forum). From there on a hop to Irina Brake's site narrowed the search even more to Desmometopa sp (Milichiidae). I've thus learnt a number of things to-night. Dimitri |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 17-02-2006 21:30
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9551 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I also have a photo of 2 small flies having interest to Ceriagrion sp. in sprider web. Photo from Thailand.
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 18-02-2006 10:25
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
It is not the first time they popped up in the forum: http://www.dipter...ead_id=528 Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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