Thread subject: Diptera.info :: a larva coming out from as a fly

Posted by mwkozlowski on 10-08-2008 22:56
#1
I do not mean the spider nor the fly, look at the larva at the bottom. Crab spider catch only fresh, moving flies so it is not a saprophagouds larva, maybe a parasite living the host like rats leaving a ship that is sinking?

Posted by Tony Irwin on 11-08-2008 20:46
#2
I'm not aware of any cylclorrhaphous larvae that parasitise adult calypterates, so my guess is that the calliphorid prey had some "ready-to-lay" maggots which have deserted the sinking mother-ship. Sad Whatever is happening, it's an interesting photo!

Posted by mwkozlowski on 05-09-2008 07:54
#3
Tony Irwin wrote:
"ready-to-lay" maggots which have deserted the sinking mother-ship. Sad Whatever is happening, it's an interesting photo!


too big to be a newborn!