Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Scatophaga suilla? with prey
Posted by crex on 18-11-2006 12:12
#1
From midwest Sweden 2006-10-12 (YYYY-MM-DD). The orange colored antenna indicate Scatophaga suilla!? I think the prey is one of those mosquito-like hump-backed flies.
Posted by crex on 18-11-2006 12:15
#2
Same flies from above ...
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 22-11-2006 13:47
#3
Yellow shoulders also indicates S. suilla;)
Nikita
Posted by crex on 22-11-2006 15:42
#4
Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
Yellow shoulders also indicates S. suilla ;)
Nikita
Ok, good, but where are the shoulders on a fly? Stupid newbie question, I know ;) Perhaps upper corners of thorax or where the wings are attached to the thorax?
Posted by crex on 22-11-2006 23:25
#5
Then I suppose this fly from midwest Sweden 2006-OCT-12 also is a Scatophaga suilla.
Posted by crex on 22-11-2006 23:29
#6
... and this ought to be a Suillia sp!? The bristles seems to count 1+4, but I'm not sure if the spines on the wing margin are well-develped enough.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 23-11-2006 07:38
#7
Hi Crex.
1. Shoulders = humera
2. First one (new) - I think typical female of S. suilla
3. Second one (new) - not S. suilla, but Suillia sp.
Nikita
Posted by crex on 23-11-2006 09:21
#8
Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
...
1. Shoulders = humera
...
Thank you Nikita. Ehh, I'm almost too embarrassed to ask. Humera? Never heard the word :o
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 23-11-2006 13:08
#9
You can look where place h seta, it is humera (if I write correct).
Posted by crex on 23-11-2006 22:21
#10
Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
You can look where place h seta, it is humera (if I write correct).
Can't find "h seta" either. I assume the two first photos, the one with the prey, isn't a Scatophaga suilla because as far as I can see the whole thorax is grey ... so it should be Scatophaga sp, right!? :(