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 Medetera (Dolichopodidae) diet (27.06.-07.07.21)
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 08-07-2021 18:42
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13659 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, from April to October there are always many Medetera at our housewalls and treetrunks in the garden (northwest Germany). Currently they are especially numerous, even pushing on to our stairway, and also visiting the light in the garden, where I could observe them catch and eat other tiny arthropods. In the literature is often referred to Collembola as the main diet of Medetera, but I never could see them catching a springtail (although there were some). But I could watch them eating Aphids, Ceratopogonids, Cecidomyiids and even a Dermaptera larva. I guess, it is really hopeless to get an identification of the Medetera species? More pictures (with comments in German) could be found here: https://insektenf...dID=110378 1.) With Aphid:  2.)+3.) With Cecidomyiidae:   4.) With Ceratopogonidae:  5.) With Dermaptera larva: 
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Reimund Ley |
Posted on 16-07-2021 12:50
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Member Location: Deutschland, Recklinghausen Posts: 821 Joined: 25.04.14 |
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but don't see the image in the post.
