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Hermetia illucens.. what happens here?
jorgemotalmeida	#1 Posted on 08-10-2007 17:29
Member Location: Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06	Hi I spotted this female Hermetia illucens indoors. And I realized that in extremity in abdomen there is something that could be a larva? or more probably a genitalia... it extends a lot if it is really a ovipositor! Take a look: Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 08-10-2007 17:32


jorgemotalmeida	#2 Posted on 08-10-2007 17:29
Member Location: Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06	general:


jorgemotalmeida	#3 Posted on 08-10-2007 17:31
Member Location: Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06	another...


jorgemotalmeida	#4 Posted on 08-10-2007 17:34
Member Location: Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06	here you can see the mouthparts, specially the peculiar proboscis of this stratiomyid fly..


Paul Beuk	#5 Posted on 08-10-2007 19:10
Super Administrator Location: Posts: 19208 Joined: 11.05.04	It is the ovipositor, all right. Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info


jorgemotalmeida	#6 Posted on 08-10-2007 19:12
Member Location: Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06	A very long ovipositor, indeed. Impressive. And curiously it has very resemblance with stratyomids larvae.


Tony Irwin	#7 Posted on 08-10-2007 19:12
Member Location: Posts: 7168 Joined: 19.11.04	It is the ovipositor - and only partly extended! Many flies have very long ovipositors which they can extend for egg-laying in deep crevices. Unless you find a female ovipositing, it's unusual to see the ovipositor fully out. Tony ---------- Tony Irwin


jorgemotalmeida	#8 Posted on 08-10-2007 19:15
Member Location: Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06	yes. I saw Ceratitis capitata ovipositing in Sunday on Ficus carica fruit. The ovipositor was growing, and growing.... impressive! I thought that ovipositor could reach the other side of Ficus. Even so, this ovipositor is really very long.