Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Any ideas on what did this?
Posted by LordV on 18-07-2006 21:40
#1
Thought I was just taking a pic of aphids on a Virginia Creeper stem but looks more like a whodunnit scene.
Brian V.
Posted by conopid on 18-07-2006 21:43
#2
chalcid wasps or some kind of parasitic hymenoptera. Fantatstic graveyard shot!
Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-07-2006 06:49
#3
Aphid mummies, most likely parasitised by Braconidae - Aphidiinae, and maybe even with cynipoid hyperparasitoids.
Posted by LordV on 19-07-2006 07:01
#4
Thanks Paul and Nigel.
Have just taken some pics of the guilty party (I think) will post shortly.
Brian V.
Edited by LordV on 19-07-2006 07:02
Posted by Paul Beuk on 19-07-2006 08:48
#5
Similar, but of far less quality:
Edited by Paul Beuk on 19-07-2006 08:52
Posted by LordV on 19-07-2006 09:39
#6
Obviously same type of wasp/ behaviour Paul. Funnily enough someone on another forum thought the escape hatches in the aphids was where the aphid got out after shedding it's skin - now that would be neat :)
Brian V.