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Ephydridae ? Spider egg sac parasitoid
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 The larvae of this small flies (2,3) developed within spider egg sacs (Singa hamata). DEggendorf, Bavaria, Germany. ID possible?
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 The wing looks like Chloropidae. Seven genera are recorded as arachnid egg predators.

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Gillung, Jessica P. and Christopher J. Borkent. 2017. Death comes on two wings: a review of dipteran natural enemies of arachnids. The Journal of Arachnology 45(1):1-19. https://www.ameri.../volume/5/
 
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 Thank you so much. Conioscinella frontella (Chloropidae) larvae developes in egg sacs of Singa nitidula.
 
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