Thread subject: Diptera.info :: What's on this fruit fly ?
Posted by LordV on 27-01-2009 08:47
#1
Some pics of a fruit fly taken yesterday- originals taken at 4:1 with an odd "appendage" apparently attached.
Any ideas what it is ?
Brian V.
Posted by LordV on 27-01-2009 10:46
#3
Thanks :) Interesting - did look like there may be some more bits on the other side of the fly- non pathgogenic fungus.
Brian V.
Posted by Kahis on 27-01-2009 14:54
#4
Yeah, that's a laboulb
Posted by pierred on 27-01-2009 20:57
#5
Hello,
A single one, on a seta ?
Most of the time, one sees a real layer, like a carpet.
Posted by LordV on 28-01-2009 08:53
#6
Thanks for the confirmation Kahis :)
Pierre- certainly no carpet but there appear to be a few others rather OOF in the first pic mainly on the legs. Have to admit I didn't notice them until I was processing the pics (the viewfinder is a bit dim at 4:1 magnification) . I think the one in focus was attached to the upper leg.
Brian V.
Edited by LordV on 28-01-2009 08:54
Posted by Jan Willem on 28-01-2009 09:22
#7
Pierre wrote:
Most of the time, one sees a real layer, like a carpet.
I've seen rather many specimens of
Drosophila subobscura with laboulbs. Some specimens have a real layer, while others only have a few isolated ones. There is a lot of variation.
Edited by Jan Willem on 28-01-2009 09:23
Posted by pierred on 29-01-2009 08:04
#8
Jan,
Thanks for this precision.