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 Leptogaster predated by Dioctria
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| nick upton |
Posted on 26-06-2012 09:08
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
This Violet black-legged robberfly (Dioctria atricapilla) seems to have caught a Leptogaster by the hindlegs (or the Leptogaster chose the wrong target and had the tables turned...) - but what is the Leptogaster sp? cylindrica or guttiventris are possible in the UK? I've never seen asilids holding prey by the back feet before, but Leptogaster seems to have long well articulated hind feet ( a bit like Hanging flies - bittacid Mecopterans in the US which catch prey with their hind feet ) which makes me wonder if the Leptogaster is hanging on rather than the other way round! 13.6.12 c 10mm Wiltshire UK chalk grassland site. nick upton attached the following image:  [96.99Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| Quaedfliegh |
Posted on 27-06-2012 22:02
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 Member Location: Tilburg Netherlands Posts: 2215 Joined: 18.05.10 |
Leptogaster guttiventris
Greetings, Reinoud Field guide to the robber flies of the Netherlands and Belgium: https://www.jeugdbondsuitgeverij.nl/product/field-guide-to-the-robberflies-of-the-netherlands-and-belgium/ https://www.nev.nl/diptera/ |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 27-06-2012 22:15
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks Reinoud.
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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