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parasite to Bombus hortorum?
Norbert
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Dear all;

Enclosed a few pics from a tachinid (?) I found yesterday in my bumble bee nest (B. hortorum). The bumble bee colony proceeded well, but since yesterday they have started to throw their larvas out of their nest. I am not sure if there is any link to the two fly specimen I found.

Can anyone identify the fly? Place: Lower Austria; 300m; size: ~ 9mm.
Do I have to expect any harm to the Bombus colony?

I have the two specimen, if necessary I can send them for ID to any place..

Thanks and best regards;

Norbert.
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Looks like a sarcophagid to me - red eyes, no subscutellum, strong thoracic vitae etc Smile
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That is a classic: Brachycoma devia


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Sometimes called "satellite flies" for their habit of following bees around (until the bee gets to it's home), Pape 1987 gives hosts as various Bombus species

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I think satellite flies is more often used for the genus Senotainia. At least in the dutch language.


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I think Leucophora are also called satellite lies.
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