Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Oestridae (Pharyngomyia picta)
Posted by Christine Devillers on 17-11-2007 18:10
#1
Is it Pharyngomyia picta?
About 14mm,2006-08-06,Hockai,Belgium
Thanks
Edited by Christine Devillers on 05-04-2008 20:29
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 17-11-2007 18:18
#2
Wow!! it seems a very robust calliphorid. :) remember a little some rhiniin fly.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 17-11-2007 18:20
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 17-11-2007 18:21
#3
was it found near sheeps or goats?
Posted by crex on 17-11-2007 18:34
#4
Nice photo of a fascinating fly. It looks like a little pig :D
There are 4 genera and 8 species in Europe. I wonder if we have them in Sweden ...
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 17-11-2007 18:45
#5
sure. ;) See here -
http://www.faunaeur.org/distribution.php
there is Oestridae in Sweden. seek for sheeps and goats. :D
Here I never saw any Oestridae. :( And they are amazing. But a friend of mine spotted them... or were them Hypodermatidae? Not sure..
Posted by ChrisR on 17-11-2007 18:49
#6
A real beauty :D Pity that so many livestock are fed insecticides because this group of flies would surely have been common >50 years ago. Reminds me of the 'Sheep Nostril Fly' (
Oestrus ovis) that I caught a few years ago. At that time I couldn't find anyone locally who had seen them within the last 25 years, but I was lucky to visit a nature reserve just after they had removed a flock of 'organically reared' sheep ;)
Posted by Christine Devillers on 17-11-2007 18:50
#7
No sheeps or goats, but presence of the hart, roe-deer (also cow).
Posted by Christine Devillers on 18-11-2007 00:49
#8
Others pictures of this Oestridae.
Do you agree with the name Pharyngomyia picta or could it be another species.
Christine
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 18-11-2007 02:05
#9
someone compared this family fly like a Pug . :D
Posted by Zeegers on 18-11-2007 09:25
#10
Forget about sheep and goats,
the ID Pharygomyia picta is excellent, hosts are deer.
Little collected species, great hilltopper !
How did you get it, Christine ?
Theo
Posted by Xespok on 18-11-2007 09:36
#11
One of the most attractive flies ever posted on this forum. It is a pity that the habits of this fly are disgusting. There are plenty of deer in Hungary. I have a few hunter friends, who say that they quite often find the larvae under the skin of roe-deer. I have to keep my eyes open in August.
Posted by Christine Devillers on 18-11-2007 10:33
#12
Thanks Theo for the confirmation of the ID
We were lucky to see this Oestridae. We had put our bag on the ground while looking at other insects. Suddently we saw this amazing fly coming on the bag. It stayed there a few minuts. I took a lot of pictures, and that didn't seem to disturb it. Then it flew away.
A last picture just for the fun!
Posted by Zeegers on 19-11-2007 17:37
#13
Well, after hilltopping catching these guys (that is, Cephenemyiini) on bags is indeed the second most popular method.
Great find, great pictures.
Theo
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-12-2007 21:18
#14
and now I will show another Oestridae from Canada. The photo was taken by Sean McCann. This time is a Cuterebra sp. larva. It is impressive as those imago flies!
Posted by Kahis on 01-12-2007 22:00
#15
Those larvae are pretty damn big. I have seen some preserved ones in the museum. They give me the creeps like no other larva does :@
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-12-2007 22:03
#16
ohh really? You gave me a great idea, Jere! Thanks a thousand! :D
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 01-12-2007 22:04
Posted by Christine Devillers on 02-12-2007 11:57
#17
Terrific indeed
What size for this one?
Do you know the size of the larva of Pharyngomyia picta, does they live under the skin or in the nostril?
Christine
Posted by Zeegers on 02-12-2007 18:20
#18
It lives in the pharynx, that's why it's called Pharyngomia !!
Theo
Posted by Christine Devillers on 02-12-2007 21:21
#19
Ok, so the larva seen by the hunter friends of Xespok under the skin of roe deer where other oestridae
Posted by Zeegers on 03-12-2007 17:49
#20
Correct.
Larvae under the skin are Hypodermatinae, in his case H. diana.
(or, in the New World: Cuterebrinae, again a name well chosen)
Theo
Posted by Zeegers on 03-12-2007 17:49
#21
Correct.
Larvae under the skin are Hypodermatinae, in his case H. diana.
(or, in the New World: Cuterebrinae, again a name well chosen)
Theo