Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Soldierfly parasite?

Posted by jeremyr on 31-08-2014 20:05
#1
is this Brachymeria minuta or something else? And is it a soldierfly parasite? It looked very much like a Stratiomyd as it climbed about in bracken in north london, so I wondered who was imitating who

thanks,
Jeremy

Posted by jeremyr on 31-08-2014 20:06
#2
2nd pic

Posted by ValerioW on 31-08-2014 20:14
#3
Yep. Hymenoptera, chalcidid one (s.f. Chalcidinae, genus Brachymeria). They're ectoparasites, but soldieflies are not their target.
Edited by ValerioW on 31-08-2014 20:18

Posted by John Carr on 31-08-2014 20:17
#4
There is no record of Brachymeria parasitizing Stratiomyidae in the host database.

http://www.nhm.ac...OSSPECIES=

Posted by ValerioW on 31-08-2014 20:19
#5
Butterflies' larvae are more "prone" to be the target of the female.

Posted by empeejay on 01-09-2014 14:57
#6
This looks more like Brachymeria tibialis than B. minuta.