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Soldier flies, mating

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Description:

This is something very interesting to me as it is the first time I see it, a group of onsects mating, CAN somebody tell me a little about this behavior

Habitat:

Rainforest

Species ID Suggestions

Spider Wasp

pompilid wasps

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DavidSchilz
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Comments (4)
Juan DiTrani
El comportamiento es de apareo, ya sabes, varios machos acosando una hembra... algo similar a los humanos
Juan DiTrani
Hola Jonathan. Parece que haz sido engañado por estos insectos. No son avispas, son moscas. Fijate la "bolita" amarilla abajo del ala de uno de ellos en la esquina superior. Es el par de alas muy reducido, típico de las moscas. Estas en particular son de la familia Stratiomyidae (Soldier flies)
John La Salle
Nice picture of some cool behaviour. Not sure exactly what is happening, but these aren't wasps, they are flies (possibly soldier flies - Stratiomyidae) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratiomyidae
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PublishedJuly 26, 2013

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