Thread subject: Diptera.info :: What?s this fly doing?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 16-08-2007 09:30
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Looking for some food. It is a specimen of Desmopetopa (Milichiidae) and they have an uncanny sense of smell to locate dead honeybees on which they can be found feeding. As a rule these bees are captured by predatory insects (Asilidae, Reduviidae, etc.) or spiders (either in webs or, like this one, by crab spiders).