Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Poor Muscina

Posted by Tony Irwin on 20-08-2010 20:28
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I think the big mites are Parasitiformes - commonly found as "hitchhikers" on insects which emerge from dung or compost. They are predatory, but are not eating the fly - just hanging on to get a ride to another site. There are more than usual on this fly - so that could be the reason she fell in the water. I think the smaller bugs are larval mites.