Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sciapus spec. + parasite

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 29-06-2009 19:23
#1

hi flyforum,

These flies got some parasite(?), from a distance it looks like if they give some lightning.

Is this Sciapus spec. ?

greeting Robert,

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 29-06-2009 19:28
#2

Learning to swim ? :D

Posted by Stefan Naglis on 29-06-2009 20:13
#3

Neurigona sp. female

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 29-06-2009 23:01
#4

Thank you Stephane and Stefan for your comment.

So it's a Neurigona sp. female, learning to swim.. (in a forest)

Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 29-06-2009 23:10
#5

More seriously, the "parasites" are mites, and not necessarly parasitic, but only phoretic.

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 29-06-2009 23:36
#6

That's nice to know, I didn't count on that..

thanks