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 Tiny insects on a moth's wing
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| Stephen |
Posted on 13-01-2019 10:13
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Would love to know what these tiny insects are. They are on the forewing of a seemingly healthy Arctiine moth. Tiny!
Stephen attached the following image:  [81.42Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 13-01-2019 12:18
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
These are flies (so you could have chosen the forum "Diptera (adults)"  ) and belong to the Ceratopogonidae, probably genus Forcipomyia. They suck haemolymph from the wing veins. See https://diptera.i...ad_id=8720!Regards, Sundew |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 14-01-2019 11:35
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Thank-you Sundew! I wish now I had tried to get a closer photo. I did not see these insects until I examined the moth photo.
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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