Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ceratopogonidae

Posted by Andre Megroz on 22-08-2009 17:42
#1

Fotos: CH, St. Gallen, 21.8.09. An Argiope bruennichi (wasp spider) made the vertical orb web and caught a big diptera and made a silk-basket. After some minutes, about 10 Certopogonidae bite in the insect. Some of them hade a big drip in front of the mouth. Does somebody know the spec. and the meaning of the drip?

Posted by Andre Megroz on 22-08-2009 17:47
#2

Here the foto with the drip.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 24-08-2009 08:19
#3

Where we would expect them: Desmometopa of the Milichiidae. So, not quite Ceratopogonidae... ;)