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