Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Life is dangerous... also for a Tachinid

Posted by Juergen Peters on 25-09-2007 18:16
#1

Hello!

I don't think this one (10 mm) is recognizeable (?). Found two days ago on a meadow near forest (Ostwestfalen/Germany).

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-09-2007 19:55
#2

Xysticus sp. :)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-09-2007 19:57
#3

:| I saw right now the url of your image location. :D ehehe

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-09-2007 20:04
#4

there is another possibility: Ozyptilla sp. ;)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 25-09-2007 20:09
#5

Hello, Jorge!

jorgemotalmeida wrote:
there is another possibility: Ozyptilla sp. ;)


No, too big (8-9 mm). There are only small (max. 5-6 mm) Ozyptila species here in Germany - and it looked and behaved like a typical Xysticus cf. cristatus (very numerous in the low vegetation here at the moment). :)

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-09-2007 20:27
#6

hmm... here it is not that easy to split them. ;) :P
But for the size it cannot be an Ozyptilla. ;) eheh

I didn?t see the siz of the fly and thought the fly was small. :S

Posted by Basil Crowley on 09-06-2009 11:05
#7

The wide spacing of the posterior median eyes is certainly indicative of Xysticus. Going from appearance alone, I would suggest female X. erraticus, which does superficially resemble some species of Ozyptila, as being a likely possibility.

As for size, It is not clear what the 10mm refers to. Female X. erraticus would be 6-8mm.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 10-06-2009 01:34
#8

Hello, Basil!

Thanks for your comment on the spider.

Basil Crowley wrote:
As for size, It is not clear what the 10mm refers to. Female X. erraticus would be 6-8mm.


I put this post in the "Diptera (adults)" forum and initially intended to learn the identity of the fly :D. So it is it, the 10 mm refer to.

Edited by Juergen Peters on 10-06-2009 01:35

Posted by Basil Crowley on 12-06-2009 10:34
#9

Hi Juergen,

It's actually a great spider pic! B) As for the fly, it's a gonner anyway. :|

Either that's one plucky spider who won't be needing another meal for a good while! ;) or (more likely perhaps) the fly is food for her future offspring!

Basil