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 Scatophaga suilla? with prey
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| crex |
Posted on 18-11-2006 12:12
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
From midwest Sweden 2006-10-12 (YYYY-MM-DD). The orange colored antenna indicate Scatophaga suilla!? I think the prey is one of those mosquito-like hump-backed flies.
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| crex |
Posted on 18-11-2006 12:15
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Same flies from above ...
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 22-11-2006 13:47
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9551 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Yellow shoulders also indicates S. suilla Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| crex |
Posted on 22-11-2006 15:42
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Nikita Vikhrev wrote: Yellow shoulders also indicates S. suilla Nikita Ok, good, but where are the shoulders on a fly? Stupid newbie question, I know Perhaps upper corners of thorax or where the wings are attached to the thorax? |
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| crex |
Posted on 22-11-2006 23:25
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Then I suppose this fly from midwest Sweden 2006-OCT-12 also is a Scatophaga suilla.
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| crex |
Posted on 22-11-2006 23:29
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... and this ought to be a Suillia sp!? The bristles seems to count 1+4, but I'm not sure if the spines on the wing margin are well-develped enough.
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 23-11-2006 07:38
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Hi Crex. 1. Shoulders = humera 2. First one (new) - I think typical female of S. suilla 3. Second one (new) - not S. suilla, but Suillia sp. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| crex |
Posted on 23-11-2006 09:21
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Nikita Vikhrev wrote: ... 1. Shoulders = humera ... Thank you Nikita. Ehh, I'm almost too embarrassed to ask. Humera? Never heard the word  |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 23-11-2006 13:08
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9551 Joined: 24.05.05 |
You can look where place h seta, it is humera (if I write correct).
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| crex |
Posted on 23-11-2006 22:21
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Nikita Vikhrev wrote: You can look where place h seta, it is humera (if I write correct). Can't find "h seta" either. I assume the two first photos, the one with the prey, isn't a Scatophaga suilla because as far as I can see the whole thorax is grey ... so it should be Scatophaga sp, right!?  |
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