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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 07-06-2005 20:47
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...is very widespread among syrphids. But this Temnostoma bombylans I photographed today still went beyond: when I came near, it used its darker forelegs to mimic the (moving) antennae of a wasp! Such behaviour I knew from some jumping spiders (Salticidae), but not from a fly. 
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 07-06-2005 22:10
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Temnostoma vespiforme can do exactly the same. Very impressive!
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 09-06-2005 19:36
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Hello, Paul! Paul Beuk wrote: Temnostoma vespiforme can do exactly the same. Very impressive! Just that one amazed me today! When I wanted to photograph the face of this "wasp" for easier identification, I looked through my camera - into two big dipteran eyes... :-)  
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 09-06-2005 22:36
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Well, you got my point even before I made it! 
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