Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phthiria sp. and Anthidium sp.

Posted by javig on 11-02-2008 20:28
#1
Sierra Nevada, July 2007, 1100 m.

The fly is a Phthiria sp. (Bombyliidae), It was very interested in the bee and walking behind the bee and even touch it with his forefeet. May be it was tracing his host back to the nest?

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Saludos.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 11-02-2008 20:50
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awesome moment, javier! It looks certainly that the Phthiria is very interested on the Megachilid bee...

Posted by wilde on 11-02-2008 20:56
#3
Nice action photo!

Posted by David Gibbs on 12-02-2008 10:38
#4
would be interesting if you could prove it bur seems unlikely, as far as i can discover known hosts of Phthiria and related genera are Lepidoptera

Posted by javig on 12-02-2008 19:25
#5
Thanks for the info! Wink