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 Acroceridae larva?
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| frits_b |
Posted on 25-10-2011 07:03
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I found a spider a few days ago in France. It turned out it had a parasite inside, which crawled out a day later. I assume it is an Acroceridae species, am I correct? I posted more pictures of it on a german spider forum: http://spinnen-fo...pic=9143.0 |
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| Christian Kehlmaier |
Posted on 25-10-2011 07:24
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Hi Frits, Acroceridae larvae is right. The adult fly should emerge in a couple of days. Please keep the spider remnants and the adult fly. I would be happy to ID the fly for you, and produce DNA barcodes for both fly and spider to strengthen this host-parasitoid relationship. So far the genera Acrocera and Ogcodes have been recorded from Amaurobius. Great observation and great pictures. Kind regards, Christian |
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| frits_b |
Posted on 25-10-2011 07:46
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Hi Christian, Thanks for the confirmation. I will contact you through PM when the fly has emerged. It would be nice to know what species the spider was also. Frits |
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| frits_b |
Posted on 02-11-2011 16:05
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Last night, the fly emerged from its cocoon. Could it Acrocera orbiculus?
Edited by frits_b on 02-11-2011 16:08 |
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| frits_b |
Posted on 02-11-2011 16:07
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Another pic |
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| Christian Kehlmaier |
Posted on 02-11-2011 22:48
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Acrocera orbiculus should be correct. |
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but don't see the image in the post.
