Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 tiny fly apparently parasitic of ladybird pupa
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| Toby |
Posted on 24-05-2011 21:53
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Harlequin pupa was flapping up and down continuously for the 5mins I was present: SW London Thames path Toby |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 24-05-2011 22:05
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A phorid perhaps?
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 24-05-2011 22:12
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This is Phalacrotophora (Phoridae) - see http://www.dipter...d_id=22591! |
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| Toby |
Posted on 24-05-2011 22:34
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thanks both for quick reply
Toby |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 25-05-2011 12:40
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Save the pupa and send me the specimens that eventually will emerge, please. Then I can confirm the identity of the species.
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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