Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Are all Bombyllidae cuckoo parasites ?

Posted by LordV on 27-07-2010 11:42
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viktor j nilsson wrote:
Actually, it is a female filling up her "sand chamber", a hollow space in the abdomen where she stores fine sand particles. Then, when she is laying her eggs in the host's nest, each egg is covered and camouflaged using this sand.


Thanks Viktor for the reply. That clears things up :)
brian v.