Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Group sex?
Posted by Alvesgaspar on 09-04-2010 12:30
#1
Group sex or a circus number?... The two top flies are probably
Empis oppaca, but I'm not sure what the third one is or what it is doing. A predator of another species or a second male trying to copulate? Sorry for the poor quality but this is an action shot...
Joaquim
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 09-04-2010 12:31
#2
It is usual to testify in Empidids that males offer a prey to the female.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 09-04-2010 12:31
Posted by Paul Beuk on 09-04-2010 13:03
#3
The third one appears to be a syrphid, but there are plenty records of another empid in the claws of a mating female. On occasion there even have been smaller specimens of the same species that befell the fate of being the nuptial gift...
Posted by Alvesgaspar on 09-04-2010 13:12
#4
Wow! The bad news is that the fly managed to fly away!...