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Chloropid sucking on chrysomelid's fluids?
Lennart Bendixen
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Posted on 11-02-2017 19:12
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 Hi everyone,

this chloropid was annoying an Agelestica alni specimen for several minutes. It looked like it was aiming to suck on fluids. Could that be possible? Or are there any other explanations?

Many thanks in advance.

Lennart

2016-09-02, northern Germany, garden, hedge row
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 Looks like Thaumatomyia notata
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