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 larvae in Yucca shoot
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| Thomas Brand |
Posted on 10-06-2013 11:19
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Hello, I found larvae feeding on/in a Yucca shoot tip, which obviously suffers .... Is there any Diptera known to feed on Yucca? Is it Syrphidae? If it is necessary, I can try to make a more detailed picture of a larva. Thanks a lot! Thomas Thomas Brand attached the following image:  [134.65Kb] |
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| Thomas Brand |
Posted on 10-06-2013 11:20
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 10-06-2013 12:15
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Just wondering whether the larvae are the cause of the damage or are just profiting from it... I suspect these are larvae of an acalyptrate fly. The consitions are similar to those that might harbour larvae of Setisquamalonchaea fumosa but that is just a long shot. I suggest you try to rear them.
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| lauragisloti |
Posted on 10-06-2013 15:27
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Member Location: Brazil Posts: 3 Joined: 10.06.13 |
Thomas Brand wrote: Hello, I found larvae feeding on/in a Yucca shoot tip, which obviously suffers .... Is there any Diptera known to feed on Yucca? Is it Syrphidae? If it is necessary, I can try to make a more detailed picture of a larva. Thanks a lot! Thomas Thomas, In South America, Neosilba perezi (Lonchaeidae) is found feeding on cassava shoots |
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| Thomas Brand |
Posted on 11-06-2013 10:29
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Thanks! I will try to rear them. However, I have no experience ind oing so and just hope that there will be some success ... Thomas |
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| lauragisloti |
Posted on 11-06-2013 17:09
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Member Location: Brazil Posts: 3 Joined: 10.06.13 |
Great! Please tell me if adults emerge. |
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| Thomas Brand |
Posted on 12-06-2013 09:31
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I will certainly need your help to identify it - would be hopeless without this forum in this challenge! As soon as I have a photo of pupa and/or adult I have to ask again. Thomas |
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| lauragisloti |
Posted on 12-06-2013 12:26
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Member Location: Brazil Posts: 3 Joined: 10.06.13 |
It will be a pleasure to collaborate! See Neosilba perezi larvae in cassava shoots.
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| Iain MacGowan |
Posted on 13-06-2013 09:17
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very interesting - Just hope that yopu manage to breed through a male so that Laura can make an identification - it will almost certainly require an examination of the genitalia http://lonchaeidae.myspecies.info/ Iain MacGowan |
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| Thomas Brand |
Posted on 27-06-2013 07:56
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Hi, after one week abscence I found today three adults, unfortunately dead. I am not able to make good photos of them. Sorry. But I could send the bodies to some of you specialists (perferable Germany/Europe). Anybody there? There are two more pupae as far as I can see (maybe inside the plant debris are more). Thomas |
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| Iain MacGowan |
Posted on 01-07-2013 10:18
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Member Location: Perth, Scotland Posts: 463 Joined: 25.11.04 |
Thomas Is it possible to take a very geneal picture of the bodies just so I can see if they are Lonchaeidae ?? they should be all shining balck with black halteres Iain MacGowan |
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| Thomas Brand |
Posted on 02-07-2013 11:11
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Hello, no, not black halteres or bodies. But the colour might be changed because I stored them in alcohol for a short time. I attach two photos. regards Thomas Thomas Brand attached the following image:  [198.29Kb] Edited by Thomas Brand on 02-07-2013 11:12 |
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| Thomas Brand |
Posted on 02-07-2013 11:13
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Second picture for today.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 02-07-2013 12:41
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Anthomyiidae
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| Thomas Brand |
Posted on 03-07-2013 06:11
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Thanks. Probably the larvae are rather scavengers than pests, right? Thomas |
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