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(robber)fly ?
Robert Heemskerk
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Posted on 05-06-2006 22:38
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Hello flyforum,

today I saw this remarkable fly, it looks 'high tech' to me..
And something tells me this is a little robberfly and is not on the right forum..
(what is wrong with its snout?)
But I am not sure about that.

I am realy anxious to know what it is Smile

greeting Robert,
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Nikita Vikhrev
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No, I think it is Hybotidae.

Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University
 
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Indeed, Hybos femoratus.
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Thank you Nikita and Paul,

My doubts did have sense!,
I read that these kind of flies are a part of the Empididae-family.
(Almost)all species are also hunters and catch their prey in the air. The mouthpart is also standing to one site (Hybotinae), and this is natural ...Smile

greeting Robert,

 
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