Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hermetia illucens.. what happens here?

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 08-10-2007 17:29
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Hi


I spotted this female Hermetia illucens indoors. And I realized that in extremity in abdomen there is something that could be a larva? or more probably a genitalia... it extends a lot if it is really a ovipositor!

Take a look:
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 08-10-2007 17:32

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 08-10-2007 17:29
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general:

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 08-10-2007 17:31
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another...

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 08-10-2007 17:34
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here you can see the mouthparts, specially the peculiar proboscis of this stratiomyid fly..

Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-10-2007 19:10
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It is the ovipositor, all right.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 08-10-2007 19:12
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A very long ovipositor, indeed. Impressive. And curiously it has very resemblance with stratyomids larvae. Smile

Posted by Tony Irwin on 08-10-2007 19:12
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It is the ovipositor - and only partly extended! Many flies have very long ovipositors which they can extend for egg-laying in deep crevices. Unless you find a female ovipositing, it's unusual to see the ovipositor fully out.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 08-10-2007 19:15
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yes. I saw Ceratitis capitata ovipositing in Sunday on Ficus carica fruit. The ovipositor was growing, and growing.... impressive! I thought that ovipositor could reach the other side of Ficus. Grin
Even so, this ovipositor is really very long.