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 The most interesting fly life cycles
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| Gordon |
Posted on 18-09-2014 12:46
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 Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1099 Joined: 02.01.08 |
Hi people, can I have suggestions, and information on the most wierd, or fascinating fly life cycles please - again for the talk I am going to give the zoology department here Qujing, China
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 18-09-2014 21:23
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7232 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Well, the ant head decapitating fly Pseudacteon is a good starter (plenty on-line).
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 18-09-2014 22:41
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10172 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Paedogenesis in Cecidomyiidae |
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| Auke |
Posted on 19-09-2014 07:03
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Member Location: Suriname (South America) Posts: 302 Joined: 21.10.12 |
Dermatobium hominis, especially the mosquito-catching bit. I've had about 15 very close encounters so far. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 19-09-2014 09:48
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19363 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Hippoboscoidea and Glossinidae with larvae developing in the female abdomen.
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| Gunnar M Kvifte |
Posted on 19-09-2014 14:47
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Member Location: Kassel, Germany Posts: 436 Joined: 18.08.09 |
What aboout the flies living in extreme environments? The ephydrid Helaeomyia petrolei developing in crude oil, the terrestrial chironomid Belgica antarctica which is the largest terrestrial animal in Antarctica... |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 19-09-2014 15:06
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10172 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Gunnar M Kvifte wrote: What aboout the flies living in extreme environments? The ephydrid Helaeomyia petrolei developing in crude oil, the terrestrial chironomid Belgica antarctica which is the largest terrestrial animal in Antarctica... Polypedilum vanderplanki breeds in temporary pools in tropical Africa and is notable for the durability of its larva. Hinton, H.E. 1960. A Fly Larva that tolerates Dehydration and Temperatures of −270° to +102° C. Nature 188, 336-337. http://www.nature...336a0.html |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 20-09-2014 13:58
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1140 Joined: 29.05.09 |
larval paedogenesis in Eristalini larvae (larval development within a larva) Larval development of Telmatogeton in the sea on oil platforms, Pelidnoptera inside Myriapoda and I find urogenital myasis of Sylvicola fenestratus, Scenopinis, Teichomyza fusca, Musca domestica also very strange, but that is just my opinion. several families develop in birds' nests, on bats, inside the intestines of cattle, in tree rot holes, inside bromelia, but perhaps not strange enough. you may check with http://www.royensoc.co.uk/sites/default/files/Vol10_Part14_MainText.pdf for other strange things. |
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| atylotus |
Posted on 23-09-2014 17:42
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Member Location: Amsterdam, NL Posts: 1140 Joined: 29.05.09 |
pupal paedogenesis in the chironomid Paratanytarsis grimmii. A case happening in water pipes were no adults develop, but the pupa have eggs, which develop into larvae. |
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| Gordon |
Posted on 25-09-2014 00:40
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Member Location: Lake Kerkini, Greece Posts: 1099 Joined: 02.01.08 |
Thanks Atylotus, I will check the out when I start writing the talk. Gordon |
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