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 Miltogramminae?
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 12-01-2009 18:21
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 Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
After a sand wasp had dug its hole and gone inside, this fly, tried to follow. I stopped it so as to take a few picture. The fly was around 7mm long. Pictured in Dar es Salaam.  
Edited by Muhammad Mahdi on 12-01-2009 19:27 Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 12-01-2009 18:33
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Sarcophagidae, Miltogramminae, change title to attract experts.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 12-01-2009 19:30
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
So family Sarcophagidae and sub-family Miltogramminae. Thanks. Any chance of knowing the genus or species. Any why it was following a wasp? 
Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| Philippe moniotte |
Posted on 12-01-2009 20:21
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 Member Location: Heron, Belgium Posts: 865 Joined: 14.10.05 |
It is indeed a parasite of the wasp, laying eggs on the captured flies with which the wasp feeds its larvae. Nice observation and beautiful pictures... Philippe |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 12-01-2009 20:37
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
So once the wasp's larvae eat the captured flies, they also consume the eggs of this fly and the eggs grow within the larvae. Is that correct? Thanks Philippe for the answer and the compliments. If anybody can provide the exact species name, I would appreciate much. Thanks. Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| paqui |
Posted on 12-01-2009 22:31
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Member Location: Valencia (spain) Posts: 816 Joined: 02.09.05 |
I´m sorry, they are very beatiful but i´ve only foundt keys for northern and eastern Europe, not this genera, I suppose, but, while experts see it try Craticulina or related, id´like to find keys for it, very nice pics  |
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| Liekele Sijstermans |
Posted on 12-01-2009 23:53
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Member Location: Geldermalsen Netherlands Posts: 305 Joined: 16.04.05 |
This is Craticulina spec indeed. From Tanzania only Craticulina seriata is known so far. Identification key: Zumpt, 1961, Calliphoridae (Diptera Cyclorrhapha) part III Miltogramminae. Wasp larvae emerge later than larvae of miltogrammine fly. The fly is (ovo)larviparous, which means that the fly does not lay eggs, but larvae. The fly larvae eats the prey of the sand wasp leaving little to eat for the wasp larvae. Sometimes they also attack the smaller wasp larvae itself. Liekele |
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| Muhammad Mahdi |
Posted on 13-01-2009 09:44
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Member Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Posts: 447 Joined: 26.12.08 |
Wow! What a survival reproductive mechanism! Thanks for the info.
Muhammad ____________________ www.micro2macro.net |
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| paqui |
Posted on 14-01-2009 00:06
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Member Location: Valencia (spain) Posts: 816 Joined: 02.09.05 |
Thank you very much, Liekele; again an unusual book (after Rhiininae) foundt in a dutch bookshop! Thans again |
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