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Who knows what kind of dipters suck the "blood" of caterpillars?

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Euchloron, 10.07.2012 11:48

I found these very vicious midges that sit on my Hyalophora cecropia caterpillars and suck the hemolymph out of them like mosquitoes!!! Who are they?

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10.07.2012 14:22, Fornax13

A number of species of woodlice (Ceratopogonidae) from the genera Atrichopogon and Forcipomyia (maybe some others) feed on the hemolymph of soft-coated insects. Your animal is just one of the ceratopogonids, but you can't tell from the photo.
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10.07.2012 18:19, Euchloron

A number of species of woodlice (Ceratopogonidae) from the genera Atrichopogon and Forcipomyia (maybe some others) feed on the hemolymph of soft-coated insects. Your animal is just one of the ceratopogonids, but you can't tell from the photo.

Thank you very much!

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