Thread subject: Diptera.info :: eggs

Posted by pwalter on 15-01-2010 11:18
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1 mm is big! So maybe a buterfly. I think dipterans do nat lay eggs on leaves, maybe only Syrphidae (which have aphid-eating larvae). Others may lay eggs in the tissue of leaves (those making mines) and the wast majority lay egs in soil, leaf litter, decaying material...