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Diptera.info :: snipe-type with sweeping forelegs
Posted by
jeremyr
on 15-08-2012 21:35
#1
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
Posted by
tristram
on 15-08-2012 21:42
#2
Rhagio tringarius
(Rhagionidae)
Posted by
Tony Irwin
on 16-08-2012 08:38
#3
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!