Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
 Who's the predator?
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| lagura |
Posted on 04-01-2009 22:39
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 Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
These photos were taken 11 July 2008 and the "event" took place on a wooden railing surrounding a pond. The prey seems to be a Chironomidae (ID happily accepted  ) but who's the lady in red here? She (I'm assuming it's a female) was only about 1,5mm.My first thought was that it could be a Trombidium sp. but it doesn't quite look like one. Any ideas? Thanks! lagura attached the following image:  [123.43Kb]  |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 05-01-2009 01:03
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
what??? Acarina.  and Chironomidae. |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 05-01-2009 01:08
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Hi, I think the mite, in this case, is a scavenger rather than a predator  . |
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| lagura |
Posted on 05-01-2009 12:09
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Jorge: Thanks. Rui: Yes, I think so too. There were quite of these mites running around the railing that day. |
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| Martin Suvak |
Posted on 06-01-2009 20:17
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Member Location: Slovakia Posts: 51 Joined: 02.11.06 |
The mite is Anystis sp., I guess. It looks like the best known species of this genus - Anystis baccarum (but there are also other very similar species). It is a predatory mite usually feeding on other mites, aphids, springtails etc. This chironomid looks too big to be its prey but everything is possible  . |
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| lagura |
Posted on 07-01-2009 01:27
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Thank you very much Martin
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