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• @colinpurrington@flipping.rocks 2026-07-23 13:07

  @etp@indieweb.social I wasn't able to find any primary literature documenting that flycatchers eat mosquitoes. Plenty of websites asserting they do. That could be based on observations or perhaps inferred from the genus name (Empidonx: “gnat or mosquito master”). Descriptions say they are really good at picking insects off of foliage and that's certainly where you'd find mosquitoes for most of the day. Sorry I can't be more definitive either way.

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