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| Ephydridae ? Spider egg sac parasitoid | |
| Biothorns | Posted on 28-07-2025 19:50 | 
| Member Location: Posts: 22 Joined: 31.05.16 | The larvae of this small flies (2,3) developed within spider egg sacs (Singa hamata). DEggendorf, Bavaria, Germany. ID possible? Biothorns attached the following image:  [244.17Kb] | 
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| John Carr | Posted on 28-07-2025 20:46 | 
|  Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10525 Joined: 22.10.10 | The wing looks like Chloropidae.  Seven genera are recorded as arachnid egg predators. See: Gillung, Jessica P. and Christopher J. Borkent. 2017. Death comes on two wings: a review of dipteran natural enemies of arachnids. The Journal of Arachnology 45(1):1-19. https://www.ameri.../volume/5/ | 
| Biothorns | Posted on 29-07-2025 08:53 | 
| Member Location: Posts: 22 Joined: 31.05.16 | Thank you so much. Conioscinella frontella (Chloropidae) larvae developes in egg sacs of Singa nitidula. | 
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