Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A bug with a playmate :-)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 17-04-2007 01:40
#1

Hello!

I wonder if this Dolycoris baccarum (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) has noticed the little Chloropid on its leg... B)


www.foto-upload.de/diptera/070416/Dolycoris_baccarum_and_Chloropidae_1.jpg

www.foto-upload.de/diptera/070416/Dolycoris_baccarum_and_Chloropidae_2.jpg

Posted by Kahis on 17-04-2007 07:00
#2

The fly is an agromyzid, probably of genus Liriomyza. Most species of this genus are very small, brightly yellow-and-white and have a partially yellow scutellum.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 17-04-2007 22:42
#3

Hello, Kahis!

Kahis wrote:
The fly is an agromyzid, probably of genus Liriomyza. Most species of this genus are very small, brightly yellow-and-white and have a partially yellow scutellum.


Thank you very much! Yellow+black and small: that only rang the bell "Chloropidae" for me...