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 [Hymenoptera] Flashing antenna
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| crex |
Posted on 04-12-2006 23:19
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
From midwest Sweden 2006-JUL-02. This is not a good photo. My hope is that there are no other species that look and move like this one. It was moving constantly while swaying it's flashy antennas. Which the photo actually shows pretty well. |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 05-12-2006 15:53
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9526 Joined: 24.05.05 |
To turn non-Diptera threads into Diptera I can add Thai Micropezidae who mimic Hymenoptera antennae perpetualy moving thier forelegs. It is genus Mimegrella. Species level ID in progress... Nikita Vikhrev attached the following image:  [45.31Kb] Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Pierre-Nicolas Libert |
Posted on 05-12-2006 15:58
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Member Location: Belgium Posts: 82 Joined: 31.08.04 |
For me, the first picture is a female Symphyta. Pierre-Nicolas Pierre-Nicolas |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 05-12-2006 17:50
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Tentrhedinidae and Ichneumonidae can look quite similar, but the Ichneumonidae wasps usually have the white part of the antennae subterminally, while in Tenthredinidae it is terminal.
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| crex |
Posted on 05-12-2006 22:32
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Thanx for all help. I think it is a Tenthredinidae species, as suggested. I didn't think this kind of look was common, and looking through a bunch of Tenthredinidae photos there aren't that many showing these antennas, but on the other hand there are a lot of species in this family - 480 in Sweden! Interesting to see Mimegrella mimicing long antennas with front legs ... |
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