Thread subject: Diptera.info :: tiny fly feeding off spider's prey - Cecidomyiidae

Posted by DPD on 28-03-2017 04:03
#1
size 3mm. in India.
Edited by DPD on 28-03-2017 09:07

Posted by DPD on 28-03-2017 04:07
#2
another close up.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 28-03-2017 07:27
#3
Gall midge

Posted by DPD on 28-03-2017 08:41
#4
thank you Sir. Is this an unusual behaviour for Cecidomyiidae ?
Edited by DPD on 28-03-2017 08:54

Posted by John Carr on 28-03-2017 12:52
#5
Sivinski, John and Mark Stowe. 1980. A Kleptoparasitic Cecidomyiid and Other Flies Associated With Spiders. Psyche 87:337-348. doi:10.1155/1980/27685. https://www.hinda...27685/cta/