Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly
Posted by
javig on 08-06-2007 23:35
#1
em... a strange fly that moves the wings as if it sent a message to somebody...
Granada, Southern Spain, June 2007, 1400 m
thx
#3
javig wrote:
em... a strange fly that moves the wings as if it sent a message to somebody...
Granada, Southern Spain, June 2007, 1400 m
thx
there are other families where we can see flies moving their wings: Sepsidae, Ulidiidae (like this one), Tephritidae, Chloropidae, and more
I wish to know why these flies usually moves their wings in this way.. I don?t know the reason. Perhaps anyone could provide an explanation.
Posted by
Kahis on 09-06-2007 17:42
#4
It's a desperate call for attention! Either they try to attract a mate, or warn rivals to stay away, or both
#5
Kahis wrote:
It's a desperate call for attention! Either they try to attract a mate, or warn rivals to stay away, or both
there is a small problem with this possibility. I have spotted many ALONE flies doing that. There are no flies around when some flies do that.
If the things were simple...
Posted by
Kahis on 09-06-2007 20:04
#6
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
Kahis wrote:
It's a desperate call for attention! Either they try to attract a mate, or warn rivals to stay away, or both
there is a small problem with this possibility. I have spotted many ALONE flies doing that. There are no flies around when some flies do that.
If the things were simple...
That's why I said desperate
#7
In case of Sepsis, as far as I understand it send signals
to another male - "I'm bigger"
to another sex - "I'm ready for mating"
to SAcathophaga - "I'm poisonous!"
to Dipterologist - "I'm Sepsis sp.!"
#8
loool
for both.