Thread subject: Diptera.info :: larvae and ant

Posted by elck on 20-05-2005 21:01
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www.stippen.nl/stipfotos/larf.jpg

www.stippen.nl/stipfotos/mier.jpg

This larvae was eating aphids but the ants didn't seem to mind.

The ants are Formica cunicularia
I was told that the fly is a Dasysyrphus

Is that correct?
Does anyone know about the relationship between the ants and the fly?