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 Empis > opaca mating, bibionid gift
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| nick upton |
Posted on 15-05-2010 22:04
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Are these mating dance flies Empis livida? Lots of activity today, males flying with fly prey, quickly pairing up in flight and hanging from tall grasses to mate. Wiltshire, southwest UK. 15.5.10 nick upton attached the following image:  [101.95Kb] Edited by nick upton on 16-05-2010 10:58 Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 15-05-2010 22:12
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Another pair mating, maybe someone knows what kind of fly is the prey for this pair?
nick upton attached the following image:  [108.55Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 15-05-2010 22:57
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Empis opaca with male bibionid.
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| nick upton |
Posted on 16-05-2010 10:57
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks Paul, the red legs made me think of E. livida, but the abdominal patterning for E. opaca does look quite distinctive now I know what to look for. Thanks, too for IDing the prey in shot 2 as a bibionid.
Edited by nick upton on 16-05-2010 11:00 Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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