Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Parasited Eristalis ?

Posted by evdb on 18-04-2022 16:49
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Hi,

Center of France 17th of april 2022 near a pool.
When I saw this Eristalis on the screen I noticed that something was sticking out under the tergite 4.
Has anyone heard of stepsipterans parasitizing syrphidae.
Unfortunately I don't have any more precise pictures.

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos300/big/_AAB3254.jpg

www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos300/big/_AAB3254_d.jpg

Edited by evdb on 18-04-2022 16:50