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 Phaonia sp. with strange thing on thorax
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 24-10-2008 22:48
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
hi flyforum, A week ago, I found flies attrackting to some wet bark near the ground. Probably these flies come to drink here.. One fly got a obvious scutum. It's a phaonia sp. with 'something' sticked into the hairs on it's scutum? Just mud?, or is it a kind of parasite? Looking better at these spot, it looks like fly-eggs? What is this? Robert, Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [151.25Kb] Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 24-10-2008 22:49
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
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Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [145.68Kb] Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 24-10-2008 22:49 Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 25-10-2008 11:58
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
The strange thing is just dirt that stuck to the flies thoracical bristles. (Could also be the remnant of the pupal case, if it did not teat as expected.
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 25-10-2008 17:04
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7294 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I think it's bird poo - and the fly has managed to clean most of it off, except for that little bit in the middle of its back where it just .. can't ... quite .... r e a c h !
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 25-10-2008 22:07
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Wha ha ha!, yes that can also happen.. 'good birddrop' and you're cleaningstory is very likely. It has just to wait for the rainseason.. thank you both for your reaction.. 
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 25-10-2008 22:07 Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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