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 last Medetera's prey
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-09-2006 16:40
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9226 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Trips?
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| proctoss |
Posted on 14-09-2006 17:17
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Yes, trips  |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 14-09-2006 18:31
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Or thrips  Actually looks like Limothrips cerealium (but I don't think I can say that with any certainty!  )
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-09-2006 19:59
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Thank you Victor and Tony. Nikita I have one more view, may be of some use. Tony, what part of your reply can I regard as sure: Family - Thripidae? Genus - Limothrips? Nikita Vikhrev attached the following image:  [21.63Kb] Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 14-09-2006 22:22
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Hi Nikita Please don't quote me on that identification! Limothrips just happens to be a common black thrips that is often around at this time of year, and most of the ones I catch prove to be this species. In fact, looking more carefully, I think the legs on your thrips are too long, so I retract my former identification and will simply say Thysanoptera - a thrips. It's interesting that Medetera can quickly turn a thrips into such an unrecognisable thing as in photo 3. If I had not seen the first two images, I couldn't have begun to guess what the prey might be! 
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-09-2006 22:34
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9226 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Thank you Tony. 1. OK, let it be Thrips vulgaris! 2. The distance between 1-st and 3-d image is 2 min. But shapeless black thing on 3-d image isn't thrips! It is full of thrips enlarged Medetera's mouth! Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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