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eguzki
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Posted on 23-05-2008 13:11
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Hello!

Unfortunately this photo is the "best" among many others depicting a voracious fly probably Empididae having a hapless one which seems to be Stratiomyiid. Dense vegetation and brushland at montane region in Hungary. (9th of May 2008)
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Nikita Vikhrev
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Posted on 23-05-2008 13:39
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Actina chalybea seems for me a good candidate for unlucky prey
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Hello Nikita!

I had found Actina chalybea last year in same habitat so it might turn to be true..
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Hi Nikita,
Empis sp. is lucky predatorSmile
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I'd say that the Empis is close to E. femorata. Don't know which species of the group are present in Hungary.
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