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 parasite to Bombus hortorum?
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| Norbert |
Posted on 07-06-2010 07:01
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Member Location: Amstetten / Austria Posts: 66 Joined: 24.06.08 |
Dear all; Enclosed a few pics from a tachinid (?) I found yesterday in my bumble bee nest (B. hortorum). The bumble bee colony proceeded well, but since yesterday they have started to throw their larvas out of their nest. I am not sure if there is any link to the two fly specimen I found. Can anyone identify the fly? Place: Lower Austria; 300m; size: ~ 9mm. Do I have to expect any harm to the Bombus colony? I have the two specimen, if necessary I can send them for ID to any place.. Thanks and best regards; Norbert. Norbert attached the following image:  [59.75Kb] Edited by Norbert on 07-06-2010 07:22 |
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| Norbert |
Posted on 07-06-2010 07:02
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Member Location: Amstetten / Austria Posts: 66 Joined: 24.06.08 |
2nd pic
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| Norbert |
Posted on 07-06-2010 07:03
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Member Location: Amstetten / Austria Posts: 66 Joined: 24.06.08 |
3rd pic
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 07-06-2010 08:45
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Looks like a sarcophagid to me - red eyes, no subscutellum, strong thoracic vitae etc 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 21-06-2010 12:18
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18532 Joined: 21.07.04 |
That is a classic: Brachycoma devia Theo |
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| Mark-uk |
Posted on 21-06-2010 18:46
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 Member Location: UK - Hampshire Posts: 791 Joined: 01.02.10 |
Sometimes called "satellite flies" for their habit of following bees around (until the bee gets to it's home), Pape 1987 gives hosts as various Bombus species Mark |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 21-06-2010 20:16
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18532 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I think satellite flies is more often used for the genus Senotainia. At least in the dutch language. Theo |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 21-06-2010 21:44
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19229 Joined: 11.05.04 |
I think Leucophora are also called satellite lies.
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but don't see the image in the post.