Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Odd structure at abdomen of Asteia amoena (24.11.24) --> Stigmatomyces asteiae

Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-12-2024 21:39
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Hello,

this Asteia rested at our housewall (northwest Germany). I never saw such a (symmetrical) structures at its end (see arrows). Do not seem to be pheromone sacs like in Thaumatomyia males. Some sort of fungi?

Edited by Juergen Peters on 09-12-2024 02:15