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 Piophilidae, NE HU, August on pitch
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| pwalter |
Posted on 08-08-2009 22:09
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
This little Piophilid was one of the many of flies that I found on a piece of pitch in the forest. The flies had it mistaken for dead meat. Calliphorids, Sarcophagids, Wasps etc were there. The sad result were hundreds of dead larvae on the pitch.
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| pwalter |
Posted on 08-08-2009 22:11
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
The piophilid (Stearibia, I think):
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| pwalter |
Posted on 08-08-2009 22:11
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
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| Steve Pelikan |
Posted on 09-08-2009 05:03
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Member Location: Ohio, U.S.A. Posts: 56 Joined: 24.06.06 |
I'm curious --- is this pitch something from a tree or some sort of petrochemical spill --- I've never encountered such a blob in forests around eastern north america. Either way it would interesting to know what compounds attract the insects and if the fauna is unique. |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 09-08-2009 08:30
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
It is some petrochemical materaial probably left there by woodcutters. I've also never such n aggregation of flies on pitch... Also, there were a lot of Staphylinidae there.
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| pwalter |
Posted on 23-09-2009 11:22
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Can anyone give a name to this one? |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 27-09-2009 19:50
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 Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
Let's try... It is not Stearibia as it has orbital bristles. The head seems completely black? If so, would suggest Parapiophila sp. (Of European species calceata and dudai have black heads). I don't have much feeling to this family, so I would need to see the specimen under the scope to say more. |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 02-02-2010 00:01
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi, I forgot this thread, now I show one more pic:
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