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 Assilidae and unknown flies
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 18-08-2012 14:03
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Hi flyforum, On 16th of August I got one Assilidae on a fence with prey and a little ''fly-hunter'' on these prey. So It are three flyspecies. Anyone familiar with one of these flies? If needed I got some better views or better crops. Place: Veluwe (near Kootwijk) Date: 16-08-2012 greeting Robert Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [117.74Kb] Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 18-08-2012 14:03 Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 18-08-2012 16:44
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
An empid (Empis or Rhamphomyia) and what looks to be a ceratopogonid. Possibly the hunter being hunted...
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 18-08-2012 20:01
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Hi Paul, My idea was that this little fly got attrackted to the scene (when the Empis or Rhamphomyia was already catched). Hereby a crop of my photo; Robert Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [166.7Kb] Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 18-08-2012 20:05 Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 19-08-2012 09:56
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
In a Dutch forumthread I got the message(Gerard Pennards) that the little fly is Ceratopogonidae and that these flies also drink blood from other insects when they got the chance. greeting Robert Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 19-08-2012 10:32
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If you had inlcuded the second picture in the thread I also could have told you it was sucking hemolymph. From the first image it was hard to tell it was alive. 
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