Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Uncommon scene

Posted by beeny on 10-03-2006 09:37
#1
I know nothing about this scene......Shock
www.diptera.info/forim/2-1308-1.jpg

www.diptera.info/forim/2-1308-2.jpg

www.diptera.info/forim/2-1308-3.jpg

Posted by Robert Nash on 10-03-2006 09:57
#2
Astonishing.Shock The fly with the prey is an asilid but is the newcomer? Looks like it. I associate this behaviour with Empididae -males offering seductive gifts to femalesGrin. I'll see what I can find on this when time allows. Perhaps Geller-Grimm could help.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 10-03-2006 10:10
#3
I think both flies are robber flies but they do not look like the same species. I have not heard of kleptoparasitic behaviour in asilids yet, but I can have a quick check.

EDIT: Nothing in this one: http://www.dipter...load_id=11.
Edited by Paul Beuk on 10-03-2006 10:16