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PastorisFilius wrote:
[img]http://www.diptera.info/forum/attachments/stratiomyidae_esee_20121010-c.jpg[/img]
As usual, order and family. Bonus, are they carnivorous, herbivorous, or omnivorous?
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mk3966 wrote:
PastorisFilius wrote:
[img]http://www.diptera.info/forum/attachments/stratiomyidae_esee_20121010-c.jpg[/img]
As usual, order and family. Bonus, are they carnivorous, herbivorous, or omnivorous?
Diptera Stratiomyidae
Carnivorous :evil:
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PastorisFilius wrote:
mk3966 wrote:
PastorisFilius wrote:
[img]http://www.diptera.info/forum/attachments/stratiomyidae_esee_20121010-c.jpg[/img]
As usual, order and family. Bonus, are they carnivorous, herbivorous, or omnivorous?
Diptera Stratiomyidae
Carnivorous :evil:
bingo
Wait, don't soldier flies feed on decaying plant matter??
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SOnerd wrote: Wait, don't soldier flies feed on decaying plant matter??
My bad, I didn't check that. Soldier flies can be either scavengers, i.e. eat decaying plant matter, or predators.
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PastorisFilius wrote:
SOnerd wrote: Wait, don't soldier flies feed on decaying plant matter??
My bad, I didn't check that. Soldier flies can be either scavengers, i.e. eat decaying plant matter, or predators.
Oh okay thanks :D
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SONerd do you want to go?
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Entomology 2/3/x
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Experimental 5/8/x
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Sorry I took so long...
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No problem!
Darkling Beetle -  Coleoptera Tenebrionidae?
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AJTheGreat1729 wrote:No problem!
Darkling Beetle -  Coleoptera Tenebrionidae?
Yes it is. You're up
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Here's a nice one.
Identify the large insect.
Prey is bonus points!
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