Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Urophora cardulata in preparation

Posted by Ben Hamers on 20-06-2015 23:14
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I saw this couple U. stylata - U.cardui today in the Netherlands.
They made a lot of work of it, the male rubbing the female's ovipositor to stimulate her.
From the outside it looked as a complete copula.
After a while some bad-mannered beetle chased them away.

Ben

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