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Medetera (Dolichopodidae) fly & prey Cecidomyiinae+Porricondylinae.
Jim Senn	#1 Posted on 25-01-2022 16:14
Member Location: Posts: 596 Joined: 21.01.21	Badem, RLP, Germany; 10 Sep 2021; cf Drosophilidae Fam fly; can somebody ID it? It is sitting on a window sill eating an aphid that is laying eggs (4). Edited by Jim Senn on 27-01-2022 15:22


Jim Senn	#2 Posted on 25-01-2022 16:15
Member Location: Posts: 596 Joined: 21.01.21	Second photo.


Juergen Peters	#3 Posted on 25-01-2022 17:05
Member Location: Posts: 13502 Joined: 11.09.04	Hello, Medetera (Dolichopodidae) feeding on a larva. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


Jim Senn	#4 Posted on 25-01-2022 17:53
Member Location: Posts: 596 Joined: 21.01.21	Thanks for your help. Whatever the insect is that it is feeding on, it laid 4 eggs while I was taking photos.


Juergen Peters	#5 Posted on 25-01-2022 18:19
Member Location: Posts: 13502 Joined: 11.09.04	Jim Senn wrote: Whatever the insect is that it is feeding on, it laid 4 eggs while I was taking photos. Ah, yes. Now I see the legs. So no larva... Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


Paul Beuk	#6 Posted on 26-01-2022 14:00
Super Administrator Location: Posts: 19208 Joined: 11.05.04	I think the prey might be a gall midge. Certainly no aphid because I can see halters. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info


John Carr	#7 Posted on 26-01-2022 15:11
Member Location: Posts: 9773 Joined: 22.10.10	Paul Beuk wrote: I think the prey might be a gall midge. Certainly no aphid because I can see halters. It has the short first tarsomere of the Cecidomyiinae+Porricondylinae clade.


Jim Senn	#8 Posted on 26-01-2022 18:03
Member Location: Posts: 596 Joined: 21.01.21	Thanks, to both of you for the help. I had switched between Aphid & Fly a couple of times. I'll look at it again with this information.