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 Poor Muscina
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| paqui |
Posted on 19-08-2010 20:45
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Member Location: Valencia (spain) Posts: 816 Joined: 02.09.05 |
This Muscina sp. (M. stabulans I suppose) was fallen in a pond (?) - Picture taken in Segovia (Central Spain) - 29-may-2010 - among crops http://www.biodiv...49766.html Miguel Yuste rescued her and took the photographs not expecting this http://www.biodiv...49768.html She was full of mites? Mites and many other insects' larvae? http://www.biodiv...49767.html It´s a pity; in case they were mites, they would be probably aquatic, so attacked her when she felt, but those smaller bugs? Maybe some larvae had attaked her before and that´s why she felt on the water? |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 20-08-2010 20:28
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7320 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I think the big mites are Parasitiformes - commonly found as "hitchhikers" on insects which emerge from dung or compost. They are predatory, but are not eating the fly - just hanging on to get a ride to another site. There are more than usual on this fly - so that could be the reason she fell in the water. I think the smaller bugs are larval mites.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| paqui |
Posted on 21-08-2010 22:15
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Member Location: Valencia (spain) Posts: 816 Joined: 02.09.05 |
Thank you very much for such a complete explanation (I didn´t expect) :) |
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