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| jck |
Posted on 24-05-2014 11:33
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Does anyone recognise this as a parasitic Diptera larva? I don't know what it is - am waiting to hear from a mycologist if it might be a fungal problem. The host is Rhabdomiris striatellus (Miridae). Found near Apeldoorn, province of Gelderland, the Netherlands on 13 May this year. James jck attached the following image:  [186.48Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 24-05-2014 12:15
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Some Phasia species have been reared from Miridae, but the abdomen in this bug appears to have swollen to more than twice its normal size, which, to me, suggests a fungus rather than a parasitoid
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| jck |
Posted on 24-05-2014 14:29
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Thanks, Tony. I'm familiar with Entomphthora on flies and earwigs but this looked just a bit too glossy and evenly surfaced to be one of those. I gather that there are other fungi which may affect Miridae so I will try that avenue too. James |
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| jck |
Posted on 06-06-2014 06:16
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I have been told by a Hemiptera expert here in the Netherlands that this is probably caused by a nematode infestation (Mermithidae) James |
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