Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anax imperator eating Sarcophagidae
Posted by Susan R Walter on 31-07-2008 22:40
#1
I encountered this female
Anax imperator at 21.00 hours, 30 May 2008, hunting up and down a track through a wheat crop, Indre et Loire, central France. After some minutes she caught this Sarcophagid and landed in the crop to consume it. I could hear her crunching the body of the fly as she ate.
Posted by cosmln on 31-07-2008 23:26
#2
Hi Susan,
a nice image, i never succeeded to do photo of an
Anax imperator.
cosmln
Posted by Rui Andrade on 01-08-2008 01:09
#3
Susan, I have the opposite of that. This time the fly wins;).
Posted by Susan R Walter on 01-08-2008 09:30
#4
Cosmin - I have nice photos of a male from an inner city park in east London too :) Thanks for the compliment.
Rui - that is one mean fly ! I've seen Asilids take damselflies, but not anything as big as in your photo.
Posted by Isidro on 01-08-2008 09:41
#5
Yes, ID is correct: Anax imperator. Also the said sex is correct.
Rui, your dragonfly is Sympetrum fonscolombei.
Posted by Rui Andrade on 01-08-2008 23:30
#6
Thanks for the id Isidro;)
Posted by cosmln on 02-08-2008 22:10
#7
Isidro wrote:
Yes, ID is correct: Anax imperator. Also the said sex is correct.
Rui, your dragonfly is Sympetrum fonscolombei.
Is not
Sympetrum (more than 8 antenodal transversal vein).
Some
Orthetrum (~12 antenodal transversal vein), this in Romania will be
Orthetrum coerulescens (i will check if you have other similar species and come back here).
also for me this is the biggest prey i have seen on a robberfly.
cosmln
Posted by cosmln on 03-08-2008 23:14
#8
just back from the field.
checked and the prey is
Orthetrum coerulescens.
cosmln
Posted by Rui Andrade on 05-08-2008 22:46
#9
Cosmin, thank you very much for the correction. This species is very common here, the blue males are very beautiful.