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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 04-04-2019 20:26
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Any thoughts on what these small flies are, on and near a male Meloe violaceus? What might they be doing? I suspect the proximity isn't just a coincidence, I think they are deliberately accompanying or attracted to the beetle. Photo taken today, central lowland France.
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 04-04-2019 21:02
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13846 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello Susan, I think, canthariphilous Ceratopogonidae. Atrichopogon? Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 04-04-2019 23:10
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10108 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Subgenus Melohelea feeds on Meloidae. I can't be sure of ID from this photo. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 05-04-2019 08:34
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19324 Joined: 11.05.04 |
With specimens in hand I could identify it...
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 09-04-2019 20:27
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Thanks all for the ID suggestions. Paul -- I was with my walking group -- it's hard enough stopping to photograph something, much less capture a specimen ! :-)
Susan |
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