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 Trichopoda sp ?
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| lema |
Posted on 08-06-2006 13:45
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 Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 211 Joined: 01.06.06 |
Trichopoda on kaki tree (Diospyros kaki) I found this (belive it's newcomer from USA) Trichopoda fly last autmn. Istria - not so far from Italy - they introduced Trichopoda for pest (Pentatomid bug-Nezara viridula) control. If i'm right (that it is newcomer from Italy in Slovenia) then it must be T.pennipes but it looks somehow different. lm lema attached the following image:  [136.01Kb] |
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| lema |
Posted on 08-06-2006 13:49
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 211 Joined: 01.06.06 |
and the same fly 2nd
lema attached the following image:  [137.5Kb] |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 08-06-2006 14:00
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Looks like T. pennipes (a reference to those fringed hind tibia pennipes means wing-footed) to me and i think it is. Right area too. But you're right it's not quite like some of the other pics we have seen. Take look at Cornell's site for a nice account. http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/ent/biocontrol/parasitoids/trichopoda_pennipes.html |
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| lema |
Posted on 08-06-2006 15:09
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 211 Joined: 01.06.06 |
Thank you, Robert. Yes I already saw this site. Biological control is a sphere of activity Ir17;m interesting in, mainly for my garden sake. (pic on the site is not quite the same as this one, but I agree that it looks like T. pennipes)  Regards lm |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 08-06-2006 15:44
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
What a nice animal!
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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