Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Not suited for muscid lovers!
Posted by Rui Andrade on 26-06-2010 23:52
#1
I found this poor muscid impaled on a blackberry thorn (I think the culprit was a shrike). Is it possible to identify it?
location: Estarreja, Portugal
date: 26/06/2010
Posted by Rui Andrade on 26-06-2010 23:52
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Posted by Rui Andrade on 26-06-2010 23:52
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Posted by Rui Andrade on 26-06-2010 23:52
#4
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Posted by Susan R Walter on 27-06-2010 07:49
#5
Actually Rui it could have flown into the thorn itself. I've seen a
Chloromyia formosa impale itself on a Spear Thistle. This looks way too neat for a shrikes work. I think it simply didn't see the fine end of the thorn and flew straight into it. :o
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 27-06-2010 10:11
#6
A poor
Muscina.
Posted by andrzej grzywacz on 27-06-2010 13:20
#7
Suicide or assassination? Forensic entomology investigation is necessary...:D
Posted by javanerkelens on 27-06-2010 15:07
#8
Probable thought....speed is everything :D
Joke
Posted by Rui Andrade on 28-06-2010 00:03
#9
Thanks Stephane for the ID!
Susan, that is surprising, I'd never thought that could happen:o
Posted by Susan R Walter on 28-06-2010 12:30
#10
Rui. I know, but I watched it happen. I didn't have a camera with me unfortunately. The person I was with took a photo of the struggling fly, but never sent me the pic.
Posted by Rui Andrade on 28-06-2010 17:44
#11
Never imagined such a thing:). Very funny and gruesome at the same time:S.