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 Scatophaga catching Phaonia at light (15.11.08)
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 16-11-2008 04:06
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14159 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! This night it has very mild temperatures (11 °C even now at 4 o'clock) for mid November here (northwest Germany). So I went out to look for some insects in the garden. Many flies and midges at the light, that also attracted predators... The Scatophaga below (over 10 mm, with long, slender wings; perhaps S. scybalaria? or more likely furcata?) flew several attacks on a large Polietes, but that prey was too big. More luck it had with an 8 mm Phaonia subventa female, which it could grab. But after a struggle of about three or four minutes, the Phaonia could free itself, and both combatants rested next to each other in the light of my lamp. Larger pictures of the Scatophaga alone: http://www.foto-u...0mm_M3.jpg http://www.foto-u...0mm_M4.jpg http://www.foto-u...0mm_M5.jpg More pics of the struggle and the parties concerned here (text in German): http://insektenfo...adid=20877 Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [46.91Kb] Edited by Juergen Peters on 16-11-2008 04:09 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 16-11-2008 04:07
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14159 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Pic #2
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 16-11-2008 04:07
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14159 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Heavily in struggle #1.
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 16-11-2008 04:08
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14159 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Heavily in struggle #2.
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 17-11-2008 04:27
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14159 Joined: 11.09.04 |
I am raising this post a little bit, it has reached page #4 in only one day...  Any suggestions for the identify of the Scatophagid?
Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 21-11-2008 04:17
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14159 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, once again! Last try... Really no opinions? I thought, this one was rather distinctive and at least these photos... Juergen Peters wrote: Larger pictures of the Scatophaga alone: http://www.foto-u...0mm_M3.jpg http://www.foto-u...0mm_M4.jpg http://www.foto-u...0mm_M5.jpg ...were not too bad. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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