Thread subject: Diptera.info :: gall wasp or diptera?

Posted by miked on 21-01-2008 23:22
#1
June, UK
Edited by miked on 21-01-2008 23:25

Posted by javanerkelens on 21-01-2008 23:49
#2
I'm not a expert....but maybe a Sciaridae (Bradysia coprophila)
But thats only a wild shot....

Greatings Joke

Posted by Paul Beuk on 22-01-2008 07:56
#3
Sciaridae, indeed, but whether these are the Bradysia suggested by Joke, I doubt it.
These must have been dead already when you took the picture. Wonder whether curiosity killed these cats, or maybe some fungus. Wink

Posted by miked on 22-01-2008 20:47
#4
Interesting, I thought it might have been a fungus that killed them as they seemed to be stuck to the leaf

Posted by Tony Irwin on 22-01-2008 22:30
#5
Yes, definitely a fungus - the "outstretched legs and wings" pose is typical of parasitic fungal attack, and the pale areas on the abdomens are where the fungus is beginning to burst out to release spores.