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Interesting parasitology: -)

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doc51, 06.01.2006 21:55

Greetings to all.
I decided to share a photo taken this summer. A fly with a parasite that looks like a small scorpion is sitting on my arm. I don't rule out that he wants my blood:-).
Maybe someone from the pros will come in handy!
Alexander.

Pictures:
muha.jpg
muha.jpg — (144.7к)

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06.01.2006 23:14, Tigran Oganesov

Interesting photo. A small parasite is not really a parasite, but a very predator. This is a false scorpion (there is such an order of arachnids), a relative of spiders and scorpions. He could have attacked the fly by mistake (of course, he could not defeat the fly), and, having clung to it, became its passenger. This is quite common. So they settle down. They also attach to other arthropods and vertebrates. Thanks for the picture.

06.01.2006 23:17, Bad Den

A fly doesn't want blood, a fly from this family. Lion cubs (Stratiomyiidae), it seems to me, they feed on nectar mainly.
And the "parasite" is an arachnid from the order Pseudoscorpiones (Pseudoscorpiones), they seem to settle in this way.

06.01.2006 23:25, Tigran Oganesov

No, it's not a lion's head, exactly. We suck their sawyers differently, there's an arista on the end. I think it's something like Lucilia, but I'm not sure. But he definitely doesn't want blood wink.gif

07.01.2006 0:24, Насекомовед

A false scorpion, indeed, travels (settles smile.gif).

07.01.2006 0:48, Bad Den

No, not Lucilia, her belly is uncharacteristic...
But I'm not an expert, I won't argue

07.01.2006 0:53, Tigran Oganesov

Maybe not Lucilia, I just assumed this from the habit. I'm not a dipterologist myself, I need to ask specialists smile.gif

07.01.2006 10:10, Bad Den

Her mustache is too specific... I think I once identified a similar fly with similar antennae...

07.01.2006 15:12, Tigran Oganesov

This fly's whiskers are just quite ordinary, as in the picture (with a side arista).
picture: earbuant.gif
And lion cubs have different whiskers, where the last segment is elongated, with a terminal arista, as in the photo (this is Stratiomys).
picture: stratiomys.jpg

See the difference?
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07.01.2006 17:13, Bad Den

The difference is obvious (sorry for the punsmile.gif), I agree.
I realized that I was confused-the mustache is large compared to the usual mustache of the same Lucilia Caesar. And the head is less "shaggy":)
Here it is
http://www.naturepixel.com/mouche_verte_lucilia_caesar.jpg

09.01.2006 22:55, Насекомовед

And we isolated them from anthills in the Moscow region by sifting through a sieve smile.gif

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