Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanus sudeticus ovipositing and clutch (4 pics)

Posted by Rupert Huber on 18-07-2023 10:03
#1

Hi all!

Just to show for those who might be interested: This Tabanus sudeticus had no better idea than laying its eggs at my balcony ceiling. I can't imagine, how the larvae could ever reach a suitable habitat for development from there, so I guess, it was kind of emergency laying.
Total time for ovipositing about 90 minutes.

The clutch is first fresh (1 minute after finishing), on the other pic about 100 hours old.

22.6.23 (last pic 26.6.), Germany, Upper Bavaria, Traunstein

Posted by Rupert Huber on 18-07-2023 10:03
#2

10 minutes before finishing

Posted by Rupert Huber on 18-07-2023 10:04
#3

clutch after 1 minute

Edited by Rupert Huber on 18-07-2023 10:04

Posted by Rupert Huber on 18-07-2023 10:04
#4

clutch after 100 hours

Posted by Zeegers on 23-07-2023 09:17
#5

One of your best visitors ever !

Theo