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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 26-06-2010 23:52
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
I found this poor muscid impaled on a blackberry thorn (I think the culprit was a shrike). Is it possible to identify it? location: Estarreja, Portugal date: 26/06/2010 Rui Andrade attached the following image:  [53.13Kb] |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 26-06-2010 23:52
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 26-06-2010 23:52
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 26-06-2010 23:52
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 27-06-2010 07:49
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Actually Rui it could have flown into the thorn itself. I've seen a Chloromyia formosa impale itself on a Spear Thistle. This looks way too neat for a shrikes work. I think it simply didn't see the fine end of the thorn and flew straight into it. 
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 27-06-2010 10:11
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
A poor Muscina.
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| andrzej grzywacz |
Posted on 27-06-2010 13:20
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 Member Location: Poland Posts: 103 Joined: 09.02.08 |
Suicide or assassination? Forensic entomology investigation is necessary... |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 27-06-2010 15:07
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 Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
Probable thought....speed is everything Joke |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 28-06-2010 00:03
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thanks Stephane for the ID! Susan, that is surprising, I'd never thought that could happen |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 28-06-2010 12:30
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Rui. I know, but I watched it happen. I didn't have a camera with me unfortunately. The person I was with took a photo of the struggling fly, but never sent me the pic.
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 28-06-2010 17:44
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Never imagined such a thing . Very funny and gruesome at the same time . |
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