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 snipe-type with sweeping forelegs
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| jeremyr |
Posted on 15-08-2012 21:35
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 Member Location: Tottenham Posts: 577 Joined: 18.05.12 |
this fly was walking quickly about the leaves sweeping it's forelegs back and forth like windscreen wipers. On wooded farmland in south herts. Any suggestions most welcome
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| tristram |
Posted on 15-08-2012 21:42
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1333 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Rhagio tringarius (Rhagionidae) |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 16-08-2012 08:38
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I believe the sweeping action is to sense food such as honeydew on the leaf surface. If I'm wrong about that, someone is sure to say! 
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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