Thread subject: Diptera.info :: strange phenomenon

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-05-2007 18:21
#1

Hi


I cuaght a fly yesterday that apparently had not any signals of acari (perhaps hidden below calypters)... but today when I opened the fly was dead and with dozens and dozens of acari! It seems to be Varroa sp. ??? This seems to be no plausible. Varroa sp. attacks bees, not the flies. I might be wrong about id acari... but it seems really perfectly like a Varroa sp. Anyone reported any time parasitism (parasitoid acari) among acari against flies?