Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phorid on Coccinellidae larva (22.09.20) --> Phalacrotophora sp.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-09-2020 15:34
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Hello,

the small fly I noticed only when looking at the photo on my PC. Is this the infamous ladybird parasitoid Phalacrotophora fasciata? Here on a larva of Harmonia axyridis in the low vegetation next to a forest path (northwest Germany).

Edited by Juergen Peters on 25-09-2020 18:01