Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empis with egg of parasite?
Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 03-08-2009 19:20
#1
From Jura (France), 24 July.
It's Empis I guess. But what really baffles me is the orange 'thing' attached to the fly!
Probably an egg?! But of what? This egg is HUGE compared to its host. The resulting parasite cannot be very big, so maybe mom wasn't so smart??
Tachindae?
Any info welcome!
Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 03-08-2009 19:20
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 03-08-2009 19:43
#2
Acarina. it is an acari. :)
Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 03-08-2009 20:14
#3
That's a mite? Do they lay such huge eggs relative to their prey?
Posted by igor on 03-08-2009 20:37
#4
Hi,
This is Empis (Xanthempis) lutea Mg. with a parasite mite (red mite), no eggs in this case.
Best regards,
Igor Shamshev
Posted by pwalter on 03-08-2009 20:49
#5
Hi! these kind of mites, some Prostigmata families, incl. Erythraeidae, which is most likely here, begin their lifes as eggs, than they are in larval stadium, than they are called nymphs (also different nymph stadiums are known) and than they become adults. This is a larva.
Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 03-08-2009 20:58
#6
Thanks all for the info!