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Empididae - Hemerodromia cf. laudatoria - #1 from serra da Estrela
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 Hi



In this weekend I was in a fantastic place - serra da Estrela hunting for all kind of Diptera and we have seen so many things, some of them really spectacular. And we will bring a new family for diptera.info Grin Be tunned. Wink


This is an Empididae, Hemerodromia sp. IDed by Paul Beuk. Grin
This fly has about 3 mm length.

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 who is the prey?
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 the prey - a psyllid?
 
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 This might be H laudatoria but really impossible to say.
Nice to see a photo of Hemerodromia with prey as there are not many direct feeding observations in Hemerodromiinae
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 thanks, Adrian. I will collect some specimens soon.
 
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Adrian wrote:
This might be H laudatoria but really impossible to say.
Nice to see a photo of Hemerodromia with prey as there are not many direct feeding observations in Hemerodromiinae
cheers
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H. laudatoria or H. adulatoria?
 
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 I caught some specimens of these Hemerodromia today. Wink Soon I will send them. I saw them at 6 pm.
 
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