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Medina collaris (Tachinidae)
Rui Andrade
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Posted on 09-03-2008 10:00
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Keeping with Barcelos, here is a beautiful tachinid. What may it be?

date: 08/03/2008

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Edited by Rui Andrade on 27-03-2008 01:10
 
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this fly has a strong resemblance to the fly I saw last weekend! But mine was even darker.
 
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I'd say female of Medina collaris.
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I agree

what is she doing ?


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Zeegers wrote:
what is she doing ?


Drinking water?
 
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licking minerals... I think.

A friend of mine reported that he saw tachinids licking on stones...
 
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Thanks to all of youSmile

It was really sucking something...and was really commited to what it was doing. Even when I captured it, it didn't move.
Whatever it was doing it seemed very important.

Today I saw two of them mating (well, I think they were the same species):

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Nice picture.

Correct, same species


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Thank you very much for the confirmation TheoSmile
 
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