Posted by Sergey Golubev on 23-11-2006 15:41
#1
What a mess? What are they doing threesome? I suppose they are Empididae, but what genus and species they belong to? I captured them in winter rye crop last year in Central European Russia during my expedition research. I'll be very grateful if somebody help me to id them.
Sergey Golubev
Posted by Xespok on 23-11-2006 17:34
#2
Well I can not help you a lot, but let us clarify the situation. The top one is the male who brought a present to the female in the middle to mate. The lowest fly is the present. It is not an Empidid, I leave the identification to others...
Posted by Paul Beuk on 23-11-2006 20:14
#3
The empid will be a species of
Empis but I doubt that the picture will allow much further identification. I think the prey is a calyptrate fly, maybe a muscid.