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 two yellow Tephritids of today
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| Sundew |
Posted on 07-06-2010 19:55
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, This evening (dark and windy) I came across two rather big (especially #1) ovipositing yellow Tephritids. Superficially they recalled Acidia cognata but weren't. #1: Two of them were busy on a small young Sunflower plant that was already bothered by Aphids and now received eggs into the stem. #2: One specimen (a really fat one) laid several eggs into developing fuits of a Lonicera shrub. First I was surprised to find so different host plants, but with the pics on the screen I realized that the flies obviously belonged to different taxa. So I am very curious to learn more about them! Many thanks, Sundew This is #1: Sundew attached the following image:  [157.09Kb] |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 07-06-2010 19:55
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
This is #2:
Sundew attached the following image:  [148.46Kb] |
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| Steve Pelikan |
Posted on 08-06-2010 02:29
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Member Location: Ohio, U.S.A. Posts: 56 Joined: 24.06.06 |
#1 looks like genus Strauzia (stem miner of composites like sunflowers that we have in North America) but I have no idea of the distribution of the genus.... |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 08-06-2010 19:55
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
That's interesting - thanks, Steve! Let's wait for Valery's opinion... |
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| Nosferatumyia |
Posted on 10-06-2010 09:59
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The first is indeed, a Strauzia sp. (what does thin purely North American species do in Berlin???) and the second is Myoleja lucida, a honeydew fruit fly. Val |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 10-06-2010 11:16
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
That confirms my conclusions that I meanwhile had gained by literature study! So I have found a neozoon indeed. We already fight American Compositae neophytes (Ambrosia), now the next pest associated with Composites comes in sight. Nevertheless it is a lovely fly... Thanks also for Myoleja ID, it is another taxon new to me. I really become a Tephritid freak! Can't wait for the next "safari" around our house... Best wishes, Sundew |
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| Steve Pelikan |
Posted on 12-06-2010 19:16
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Member Location: Ohio, U.S.A. Posts: 56 Joined: 24.06.06 |
Here's a male from Ohio showing pretty well developed 2ndary sex characteristics
Steve Pelikan attached the following image:  [61.55Kb] |
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| Severyn |
Posted on 12-06-2010 21:56
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 Member Location: Kyiv, Ukraine Posts: 81 Joined: 11.06.10 |
Hello, This male also belongs to Strauzia longipennis, the species photographed by Sundew. Severin Edited by Severyn on 12-06-2010 23:05 |
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