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 Golden robber fly with prey - Malaysia
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| orionmystery |
Posted on 03-06-2010 04:40
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Member Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 107 Joined: 03.07.09 |
A golden robber fly with prey. Shot in Malaysia in a community forest. Any help on ID is greatly appreciated.  |
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| Eric Fisher |
Posted on 03-06-2010 05:53
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 Member Location: California Posts: 435 Joined: 19.05.06 |
This beautiful fly (& photo!) looks to be Choerades ( "Laphria" ) sobria -- based on a specimen from the British Museum.
Edited by ChrisR on 03-06-2010 08:12 |
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| Martin Suvak |
Posted on 03-06-2010 06:30
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Member Location: Slovakia Posts: 51 Joined: 02.11.06 |
Very interesting. The prey is some ant queen (Formicidae). |
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| orionmystery |
Posted on 03-06-2010 07:10
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Member Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 107 Joined: 03.07.09 |
Thanks, Eric and Martin. Eric, i checked the gallery and there's no Laphria sobria in it. Should i add this to the gallery? Thanks. |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 03-06-2010 08:07
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
orionmystery wrote: Thanks, Eric and Martin. Eric, i checked the gallery and there's no Laphria sobria in it. Should i add this to the gallery? Thanks. I vote for triple YES ! We have not many flies from regions outside Europe! Walter Walter Pfliegler - Amateur Nature Photographer from Hungary (and molecular biologist) |
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| orionmystery |
Posted on 03-06-2010 08:28
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Member Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 107 Joined: 03.07.09 |
Thanks, Walter. Submitted  |
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| Galeodes33 |
Posted on 03-06-2010 08:33
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Member Location: Madagascar Posts: 49 Joined: 28.05.10 |
Amazing pics ! |
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