Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Muscid/Anthomyiid with hole in belly (03.10.10) --> Hylemya vagans (Anthomyiidae)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 04-10-2010 21:41
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Hello!
This 6 mm fly last night at the light (northwest Germany) behaved totally normal. Only when looking at the pics on the PC I noticed the big hole in its abdomen. I guess it was parasitized, but I wonder, why it was still living...
Edited by Juergen Peters on 20-12-2010 17:58
Posted by Juergen Peters on 04-10-2010 21:41
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Pic #2
Posted by Juergen Peters on 04-10-2010 21:42
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Pic #3
Posted by javanerkelens on 04-10-2010 21:58
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Excellent photos Juergen! (New camera ?)
And what a pity one.....needs a big plaster....or better surgery !!!
Arista long haired + 3pd on hindfemur + mid / hindfemur yellow = Hylemya nigrimana!
Joke
Posted by Juergen Peters on 04-10-2010 23:37
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Hello, Joke!
javanerkelens wrote:
Excellent photos Juergen! (New camera ?)
No. Sometimes they get better (especially, when I can rest on a fixed surface), sometimes not. I'm still a "trial&error" photographer using mostly standard settings.
Arista long haired + 3pd on hindfemur + mid / hindfemur yellow = Hylemya nigrimana!
Thanks a lot!
Posted by verner on 19-12-2010 18:33
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Hi Juergen,
This poor Hylemya (actually vagans - dark fore femur in female) is suffering from a fungal infection, not from Entomophthora as usual, but from Strongwellsea.
Verner
Posted by Juergen Peters on 20-12-2010 17:58
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verner wrote:
This poor Hylemya (actually vagans - dark fore femur in female) is suffering from a fungal infection, not from Entomophthora as usual, but from Strongwellsea.
Very interesting! Thanks, Verner.