Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Linyphiidae w/Hymenoptera larva?

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 24-07-2007 08:36
#1
April 19, 2007, our town park, near water.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-07-2007 09:13
#2
yes. I think so, Dima. Linyphiidae correct. And it seems really a hymenopteran larva!

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 24-07-2007 09:55
#3
Thanks Jorge. I also hoped to narrow the search. Is it ectoparasitic or simply has left the host to pupate? As far as I know, European ichneumonids that infest spiders are either ectoparasites or develop in egg sacs. But they are rather polyphagous, so I doubt we can come to any conclusion knowing the host's family. Maybe I should have tried to rear it...

Posted by ChrisR on 24-07-2007 12:20
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They are usually very easy to rear - all you have to do is feed the spider and wait! Smile All the ones I have reared turned out to be Polysphincta spp.

Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 24-07-2007 14:45
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Thanks a lot for your comment Chris.