Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthrax anthrax with egg?

Posted by Michael Becker on 19-03-2012 06:09
#1

Hello,

this photo is from last may from a bee house in my garden in western germany. I suppose it's Anthrax anthrax. But what is the silver balll behind it? An egg? Excrements?

Thank you,
Michael

Posted by David Gibbs on 19-03-2012 10:43
#2

looka to be a recently emerged A. anthrax, all insects on emergece from pupae excrete waste built up during pupal period.

Posted by Michael Becker on 20-03-2012 05:26
#3

Thank you for the answer.

Michael