Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Drino female?
Posted by mwkozlowski on 30-10-2007 21:54
#1
I was once told that the tachinid fly in the picture (probably waiting fof the oportunity to infect the larvae with the eggs) was from Drino genera. Was that right?
thanks in advance..
Posted by ChrisR on 30-10-2007 22:43
#2
Hard to say when it is so far away :( What are the larvae? Maybe we can have some idea from the host?
Posted by cosmln on 30-10-2007 22:46
#3
Chris Raper wrote:
Hard to say when it is so far away :( What are the larvae? Maybe we can have some idea from the host?
Hi Chris,
i'm not completely sure because is not a full shot of that larva.
but i think there are larva of sawflies (Tenthredinidae).
cosmln
Posted by ChrisR on 30-10-2007 23:21
#4
Yeah, they look like swaflies to me too - which would make it an odd host for
Drino lota. Looks like it is on pine or spruce ... that might give some indication.
Posted by crex on 31-10-2007 08:07
#5
Maybe the larva is something like
Diprion pini (Diprionidae) ...
Posted by mwkozlowski on 31-10-2007 08:21
#6
Dipriondae for sure, probably Diprion pini
Posted by Zeegers on 31-10-2007 08:27
#7
Yes, given the host this is a female Drino inconspicua.
Theo