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Rui Andrade
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 What is this? Maybe Hydrellia?

location: Barcelos, Portugal
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 This ephydrid was tasting a collembolan, but it seems he thought it was still "green"Smile

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 A fantastic video, Andrade! Well done. An ephydrid licking a collembolan (Sminthurus cf. viridis)
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 Thanks Jorge. And thanks as well for the collembolan identification!Grin
 
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 Hydrellia, probably maura or griseola . They are predatory, and this one may have been wondering whether Collembola are good to eat - evidently not! Perhaps the bristles were putting it off?
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 Thank you Tony! Maybe collembola are not good for ephydrids, but for dolichopodids they are a treat. Either that, or the collembolan above was "green", and the one the doli caught was ripe lolWink
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 Campsicnemus umbripennis? (femal)
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 Thanks IgorSmile
 
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