Thread subject:
Diptera.info :: fly slurping up a bug
Posted by
Xaver Frank
on 11-07-2006 17:32
#1
Hello!
A week ago there sat a fly on a bush at a wood lane at the outskirts of Zwickau, SE Saxony, Germany. It was 8 mm long and slurped up a bug.
Can you identify this fly and its sex, please?
Thank you
Posted by
Kahis
on 11-07-2006 18:28
#2
It is a female
Dioctria
robberfly. I think it is
D. linearis
but let's wait for an expert opinion.
Posted by
ferran
on 12-07-2006 08:04
#3
And the prey is an anthocoridae, possibly genus Orius.
Ferran
