[Syrphidae] Re: Xanthandrus comtus

Cyrille DUSSAIX cyrille.dussaix at orange.fr
Sat Aug 23 16:08:22 BST 2014


Thanks Francis,

First point (very important ! ) : © Christine Devillers
Second point: is it possible to have Katsura K., 1996 ?
Thanks.

Regards.

Le 23/08/2014 16:24, Francis Gilbert a écrit :
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> Marvellous photo! and very interesting indeed!
>
> According to the pre-2005 literature that I have found, syrphids have 
> been recorded feeding on a number of things other than from flowers or 
> honeydew: water (Speight 2000), sweat (Bänziger 1996), and from stems 
> and leaves (Katsura K 1996 [Interesting behaviour of Leucozona 
> lucorum]. Hana Abu 2: 12). The last is probably the closest to your 
> observation - Katsura described and photographed Leucozona lucorum 
> feeding from the stems and undersides of leaves of Lugularia fischeri.
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> Best wishes
>
> Francis
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> *Cyrille DUSSAIX
> *Sent:* 23 August 2014 11:50
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> *Subject:* [Syrphidae] Xanthandrus comtus
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> Hi,
>
> I received this photo showing a Xanthandrus comtus consume micro fungi 
> on teasel (Dipsacus fullonum), I presume.
>
> Observationbetween 5:45 p.m. to 6:35 p.m.
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> Have you ever seen this way of eating ?
>
> Bibliographical references ?
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> Otherexplanations ?
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> Thank you for your answers.
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> Best regards.
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