Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Some unlucky pseudoscorpions
Posted by
ChrisR on 03-11-2009 00:01
#1
I found this lovely little stratiomyid fly in the recent batch from French Guiana - with a few unwanted (and quite unlucky, considering it dropped into the Malaise) passengers. Just thought people might like to see it for fun
Edited by
ChrisR on 03-11-2009 10:43
Posted by
ChrisR on 03-11-2009 00:01
#2
another angle...
#3
Sometimes it seems to be safer walking than taking a cab
#4
Bit of a bummer when you go on an internal flight in French Guiana and end up in Reading, England. Nearly as bad as Ryanair.
Roger@Scatsta Airport.....Oil Charters + Diversions only.
Posted by
conopid on 03-11-2009 10:36
#5
I've come across several flies in the UK, similarly laden with pseudoscorpion cargo. usually just one, but on one occasion three. What are they doing?
Posted by
ChrisR on 03-11-2009 10:45
#6
I just assumed that they were phoretic ... using the stratiomyid as a taxi service to disperse around the forest, but I'm not 100% sure. The only other pseudoscorpion in this batch was also attached to the back leg of a stratiomyid so there must be something about the lifecycle of strats + pseudoscorpions that creates this situation
I'm just amazed that the little strat was able to fly with so many things clinging to the back-end.
Edited by
ChrisR on 03-11-2009 10:46