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 Hermetia illucens.. what happens here?
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-10-2007 17:29
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Hi I spotted this female Hermetia illucens indoors. And I realized that in extremity in abdomen there is something that could be a larva? or more probably a genitalia... it extends a lot if it is really a ovipositor! Take a look: jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [181.17Kb] Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 08-10-2007 17:32 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-10-2007 17:29
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-10-2007 17:31
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-10-2007 17:34
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
here you can see the mouthparts, specially the peculiar proboscis of this stratiomyid fly..
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 08-10-2007 19:10
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
It is the ovipositor, all right.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-10-2007 19:12
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
A very long ovipositor, indeed. Impressive. And curiously it has very resemblance with stratyomids larvae.  |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 08-10-2007 19:12
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7342 Joined: 19.11.04 |
It is the ovipositor - and only partly extended! Many flies have very long ovipositors which they can extend for egg-laying in deep crevices. Unless you find a female ovipositing, it's unusual to see the ovipositor fully out.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-10-2007 19:15
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
yes. I saw Ceratitis capitata ovipositing in Sunday on Ficus carica fruit. The ovipositor was growing, and growing.... impressive! I thought that ovipositor could reach the other side of Ficus.  Even so, this ovipositor is really very long. |
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