Thread subject: Diptera.info :: parasite to Bombus hortorum?
Posted by Norbert on 07-06-2010 07:01
#1
Dear all;
Enclosed a few pics from a tachinid (?) I found yesterday in my bumble bee nest (B. hortorum). The bumble bee colony proceeded well, but since yesterday they have started to throw their larvas out of their nest. I am not sure if there is any link to the two fly specimen I found.
Can anyone identify the fly? Place: Lower Austria; 300m; size: ~ 9mm.
Do I have to expect any harm to the Bombus colony?
I have the two specimen, if necessary I can send them for ID to any place..
Thanks and best regards;
Norbert.
Edited by Norbert on 07-06-2010 07:22
Posted by Norbert on 07-06-2010 07:02
#2
2nd pic
Posted by Norbert on 07-06-2010 07:03
#3
3rd pic
Posted by ChrisR on 07-06-2010 08:45
#4
Looks like a sarcophagid to me - red eyes, no subscutellum, strong thoracic vitae etc :)
Posted by Zeegers on 21-06-2010 12:18
#5
That is a classic: Brachycoma devia
Theo
Posted by Mark-uk on 21-06-2010 18:46
#6
Sometimes called "satellite flies" for their habit of following bees around (until the bee gets to it's home), Pape 1987 gives hosts as various
Bombus species
Mark
Posted by Zeegers on 21-06-2010 20:16
#7
I think satellite flies is more often used for the genus Senotainia. At least in the dutch language.
Theo
Posted by Paul Beuk on 21-06-2010 21:44
#8
I think
Leucophora are also called satellite lies.