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snipe-type with sweeping forelegs
jeremyr
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Posted on 15-08-2012 21:35
this fly was walking quickly about the leaves sweeping it's forelegs back and forth like windscreen wipers. On wooded farmland in south herts. Any suggestions most welcome
 
tristram
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Posted on 15-08-2012 21:42
Rhagio tringarius (Rhagionidae)
 
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Tony Irwin
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Posted on 16-08-2012 08:38
I believe the sweeping action is to sense food such as honeydew on the leaf surface. If I'm wrong about that, someone is sure to say! Wink
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Tony, I HAD a blank in the file name. Sorry!

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Tony, thanks! I tried it (see "Cylindromyia" Wink but don't see the image in the post.

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