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Psychodidae sp. infested with larvae..
bonitin	#1 Posted on 09-12-2010 17:55
Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07	Hi, I found this really tiny Psychodidae sp. floating on the surface of a bowl filled with water, size about 1mm. I fished it out and put it on the rim, then took a picture. What I coudn't see with the eye, the macro lens reveiled like it is infested with loads of larvae. Any idea which larvae they could be? Thank you! Myriam bonitin attached the following image: [165.25Kb]


bonitin	#2 Posted on 09-12-2010 17:56
Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07	closer by.. bonitin attached the following image: [80.01Kb] Edited by bonitin on 09-12-2010 17:58


atylotus	#3 Posted on 11-12-2010 16:32
Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1140 Joined: 29.05.09	is doesn't look like larva. Why not the eggs of this Psychodid? many species (all?) lay there eggs in water or very moist susbtrates.


bonitin	#4 Posted on 12-12-2010 18:32
Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07	Oh, how interesting atylotus! So eggs then, it does look weird though how they look stuck on the outside of its body.. Thanks!


Louis Boumans	#5 Posted on 14-12-2010 20:14
Member Location: NO Oslo Posts: 262 Joined: 09.06.04	mites are also common on Psychodidae, and I found quite some infested with large nematodes. But I agree this looks more like eggs, even though the eggs seems large compared to mothfly.


Gunnar M Kvifte	#6 Posted on 14-12-2010 20:43
Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09	They seem to me to be too large to be the eggs of the Psychodid itself; the eggs I have dissected out of gravid females have always been much smaller relative to the animal. Also, they tend to be on the inside... Mites would be my guess too, although I have not seen this many on a single individual before.