Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly with striped eyes on fungus, Germany => Odinia cf. boletina

Posted by Pristurus on 08-06-2013 21:32
#1

found on 2013-06-06 in a forest near Marburg, Hesse, Germany sucking on a fungus.
Regards, Ingo

Video: http://commons.wi...06-06.webm

Edited by Pristurus on 09-06-2013 14:22

Posted by Dieter S on 08-06-2013 22:35
#2

I see a pattern here, they seem to be related to fungi! They mate on it I think. Does anyone know if they lay there eggs on it?
It's Odiniidae. You have to wait for the specialist to go any further

Edited by Dieter S on 08-06-2013 22:36

Posted by Andrzej on 08-06-2013 22:47
#3

Odinia cf. boletina! Andrzej

Posted by Pristurus on 09-06-2013 14:21
#4

Thanks to both of you! Indeed, the fungus also was a Fomes fomentarius growing on a fallen down tree.
Best regards, Ingo

Posted by Pristurus on 19-08-2014 20:36
#5

On exact the fungus (Fomes fomentarius) where I found my first specimen in the last year I saw a fly sitting still for about 30 minutes. For me it looks like an oviposition (in a very slow way). Is this interpretation correct?
Other Odinia do it here in a similar way near the base on the bottom side of Ganoderma applanatum fungi. Greetings, Ingo

Video: https://commons.w...08-06.webm

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Edited by Pristurus on 19-08-2014 20:37