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Diptera.info :: Empis eats Empis (?)
Posted by
Juergen Peters
on 19-06-2008 23:56
#1
Hello!
Hanging down from an umbelliferous plant yesterday (northwest Germany), it does not seem likely that the smaller fly is the female of this 10 mm
Empis livida
(?)
Posted by
Juergen Peters
on 19-06-2008 23:56
#2
Another view.
Posted by
Paul Beuk
on 20-06-2008 19:41
#3
E. livida
, probably on
E. nuntia
.
Posted by
pierred
on 20-06-2008 20:38
#4
This cannibalism is probably the reason of the offrand of the male to the female to be able to copulate without being eaten, isn't it?
Posted by
Juergen Peters
on 20-06-2008 21:21
#5
Paul Beuk wrote:
E. livida
, probably on
E. nuntia
.
Thanks, Paul.
