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| Xespok |
Posted on 09-01-2009 21:41
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5550 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Is this a parasite of a Forficula? Can anyone suggest anything? Xespok attached the following image:  [73.22Kb] Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 09-01-2009 22:51
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Dermaptera parasite - Triarthria setipennis or Ocytata pallipes (Tachinidae)?
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| Xespok |
Posted on 10-01-2009 23:18
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Do they protrude like this? I thought Tachinids always develop and pupate within their hosts.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 11-01-2009 02:31
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I don't know about Ocytata, but Triarthria larvae leave the host when they are fully developed and pupate outside the host's body. Perhaps this one got stuck!
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