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Coenosia with prey: C. tigrina (ID by R. Andrade and G. Kerezstes)
Isidro
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Posted on 11-05-2009 12:37
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 I think that it's a Coenosia, but which one?
This weekend at Calamocha, Teruel, NE Spain, in a grass patch near water.

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Edited by Isidro on 11-05-2009 15:51
 
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 Coenosia tigrina, I think.
 
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 Yes. C. trigrina. The prey also seems to be another Coenosia sp. So Coenosia takes Coenosia.
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 Thanks a lot Rui for the ID and Gabor for confirm and additional info!
What a casuality. A cannibal Coenosia! Great!
 
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