Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Diptera larva on spider?
Posted by kurt on 07-04-2009 07:39
#1
This 3 mm long juvenil spider was found in a garden with a larva. Could it be a Diptera larva?
What genus and perhaps species are the spider?
Photo from Kramfors Sweden 62,56N 17,47E 3 april 2009
Thanks for your help in advance
Regards
Kurt Holmqvist
Posted by kurt on 07-04-2009 07:40
#2
One more picture
Edited by kurt on 07-04-2009 08:01
Posted by Tony Irwin on 07-04-2009 22:43
#3
The larva is more likely to be an ichneumonid.
Posted by Sundew on 07-04-2009 23:02
#4
Ichneumonidae, subfamily Pimplinae, tribus Polysphinctini. The parasitic larvae usually stick across the front part of the opisthosoma, which matches well the situation that you depicted. The spider I saw (
http://www.dipter...d_id=15117), however, bore a larva on its side.
Regards, Sundew
Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-04-2009 00:06
#5
Hello!
The spider is
Steatoda bipunctata (Theridiidae).
In 2007 I have once bred such a larva on a
Tetragnatha obtusa to the wasp:
http://insektenfo...eadid=8020 (Text in German).
Posted by kurt on 08-04-2009 17:34
#6
Thank you for information about spider and larva Tony, Sundew and Juergen
Kurt Holmqvist
Posted by cthirion on 09-04-2009 14:29
#7
C Rollard which is a specialist in the spiders and the parasites of their nests cannot pronocer on the family or the esp!ce at this stage, me either although I occupy myself of Ichneumons!
Posted by kurt on 09-04-2009 15:31
#8
Thanks for looking at my pictures and trying to find what the larva could become.
I will try to see if any adults comes up later.
Kurt Holmqvist