Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Drosophila pupa, close-up
Posted by Tony T on 12-10-2011 14:17
#1
EDIT: was "Egg for ID"
Anterior end of an egg, with larva inside, that was in my banana-bait trap. There were Muscid and Calliphorid adults in the trap.
Is it possible to determine family? Also, are the 'protruding tubes' tracheae?
Edited by Tony T on 16-11-2011 04:33
Posted by Tony T on 12-10-2011 14:18
#2
close-up
Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-10-2011 16:44
#3
Rather looks like drosophilid larva...
Posted by Tony T on 12-10-2011 16:56
#4
Yes, there were fruit flies in the cage as well as the others. But the egg is 3.5 mm long; too big for
Drosophila?
Posted by Paul Beuk on 12-10-2011 17:02
#5
Then it might well be a fresh pupa!
See for example:
(http://www.psmicrographs.co.uk/male-fruit-fly-pupa--drosophila-melanogaster-/science-image/300333a)
Edited by Paul Beuk on 12-10-2011 17:05
Posted by Tony T on 12-10-2011 17:35
#6
Wow, did I ever get that wrong. I saw maggots and assumed they were 1st instar blow flies; these I thought were eggs.
Thanks Paul for a correct ID.:)