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 flies for ID
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| Amir |
Posted on 01-12-2008 00:00
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Member Location: Israel Posts: 172 Joined: 01.09.08 |
Location: Israel Habitat: send dunes size: ~3mm These flies ride a Dung beetles ( Scarabaeus sacer) on the back or the front, lags.... also they was trying to get inside the beetle borrow or wait on the outside R these flies a kleptoparasitic? sorry for the quality. the beetles do not like the camera Amir attached the following image:  [100.95Kb] My insects album http://albums.tap...il/weinman Assorted flies from china http://www.tapuz....1&o=4&ao=1 |
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| Amir |
Posted on 01-12-2008 00:01
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Member Location: Israel Posts: 172 Joined: 01.09.08 |
closeup on the flies
Amir attached the following image:  [89.97Kb] My insects album http://albums.tap...il/weinman Assorted flies from china http://www.tapuz....1&o=4&ao=1 |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 01-12-2008 08:33
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Small Sphaeroceridae. The may utilise dung colelcted by the beetle. Maybe not so much kleptoparisitsim as commensalism... Did you collect any? Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Amir |
Posted on 01-12-2008 09:44
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Member Location: Israel Posts: 172 Joined: 01.09.08 |
I collect only photos anyway tks I'll try to visit in the location again to try find more beetles and these flies Amir My insects album http://albums.tap...il/weinman Assorted flies from china http://www.tapuz....1&o=4&ao=1 |
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| Amir |
Posted on 05-12-2008 22:26
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Member Location: Israel Posts: 172 Joined: 01.09.08 |
I found an article regarding Kleptoparasitism and Phoresy in the Diptera In this article there is a mansion for Ceroptera rufitarsis (Sphaeroceridae) and Scarabaeus sacer (Scarabaeidae). so we may have potential for ID or at last example for Kleptoparasitism and Phoresy behavior http://www.fcla.e...82p179.pdf My insects album http://albums.tap...il/weinman Assorted flies from china http://www.tapuz....1&o=4&ao=1 |
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