Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Any ideas what happened here?

Posted by LordV on 09-09-2006 14:51
#1
This is the second time I've seen this. Has the aphid been attacked by a pathogenic fungus which then makes the fruiting body underneath?
This was on the underside of a leaf, the first one I saw was on a vertical fence.
Ignore the mites that seem to be joining in.

Brian V.

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Posted by Ben Hamers on 09-09-2006 17:17
#2
Hi Brian,

The thing under the aphid is the cocoon of some sort of Ichneumonid.

http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/bis/insecten.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=762&lang=uk

Ben
Edited by Ben Hamers on 09-09-2006 17:24

Posted by proctoss on 09-09-2006 18:53
#3
Aphidiidae, or alternatively Aphidiinae (Braconidae)Smile

Posted by LordV on 09-09-2006 20:56
#4
Ah thanks for that- Smile
Brian V.

Posted by Xespok on 09-09-2006 21:06
#5
Nice and focust shots of some kind of miets, too! They must be in the 0.2-0.4 mm range unless this aphid is one of the larger species.

Posted by cthirion on 09-09-2006 22:00
#6
????,Praon sp, cocoon footstool!