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 Asilid eating a bee, in Crete, Greece
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| markop |
Posted on 28-11-2006 11:21
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 Member Location: Crete, Greece Posts: 91 Joined: 13.10.06 |
location: on the island of Crete, in Greece date: July 3rd, 2005 size: 25-30mm habitat: around countryside house, near a pond where a lot of bees come to drink water I don't know if the photo is suitable for identification... Can you tell its genus? markop attached the following image:  [91.62Kb] |
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| Dysmachus |
Posted on 27-12-2006 21:00
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 Member Location: Germany Posts: 321 Joined: 15.03.06 |
It seems to be a species of the genus Machimus (last sternite with dense hair). |
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| markop |
Posted on 12-01-2007 11:51
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Member Location: Crete, Greece Posts: 91 Joined: 13.10.06 |
Thanks Dysmachus! It'd been a month since I posted it and I had almost forgot about it. Have a great 2007! EDIT: I just realized this interesting fact: Machimus is a Greek word. Used as an adjective, it effectively means "ready for battle", while used as a noun, it refers to a soldier. How fitting to a predator like that! Edited by markop on 12-01-2007 12:09 |
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