Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly bothering ladybirds
Posted by elck on 05-08-2006 19:17
#1
This fly was so interested in 3 ladybirds (2 Coccinalle septempunctata and a Harmonia axyridis) that I had no difficulty catching it in a small container.
As my interest lies with ladybirds I am very eager to learn the identity of this fly.
The specimen is not dead, merely waiting for cryogenic technics to develope further :)
Edited by elck on 05-08-2006 19:29
Posted by ChrisR on 06-08-2006 02:31
#2
looks like a tachinid - but I am not sure which one but
Medina sp. are known parasitoids of Coccinelidae.
Posted by elck on 06-08-2006 16:04
#3
Thanks, Maybe Theo Zeegers kan tell us more?
Posted by Zeegers on 06-08-2006 19:03
#4
It is a Tachinid alright, and it seems to be Blondelia nigripes, a very common species.
The interest of this fly in the ladybirds, must, however, have been accidental and cannot be assciociated with parasitism. Because the fly is clearly a male !
Theo Zeegers
Posted by elck on 06-08-2006 19:05
#5
Oops!
Thanks Theo!