Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sarcophaga sp. infested by dipteran parasites? - prey of Dolichovespula media

Posted by eklans on 26-08-2025 17:01
#1

Ansbach, 2025-07-24, garden near old deciduous forest in Frankenhoehe Nature Park in an Euonymus japonicus shrub.

When reviewing a video I made of a Dolichovespula media that captured a Sarcophaga sp. I realised some dipteran(?) larvae escaping from the fly. Does anyone have an idea which larvae parasitised this Sarcophaga?
Any comments are welcome!

Posted by John Carr on 26-08-2025 18:20
#2

Those are probably larval Sarcophagidae. Most species are vivaparous.