Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Commensal flies at spider prey (25.06.03) --> Chloropidae

Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-06-2023 22:11
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Hello,

in our (messy) courtyard (northwest Germany) there could be found half a dozen 2-3 mm flies on the prey of an Enoplognatha cf. latimana spider (Theridiidae). Milichiidae? Chloropidae? Or something other?

Edited by Juergen Peters on 29-06-2023 20:24

Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-06-2023 22:11
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Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-06-2023 22:12
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Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-06-2023 22:12
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Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-06-2023 22:13
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Posted by nielsyese on 29-06-2023 19:53
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The family is Chloropidae.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-06-2023 20:15
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nielsyese wrote:
The family is Chloropidae.

Thanks a lot, Niels-Jan!