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Are these parasites or not for Osmium bees?

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apismen, 31.05.2010 21:23

I am engaged in breeding single osmium bees. Small flies with red eyes randomly curl around their tubes. And then some wasp got into the habit of sneaking around the tubes and dragging a paralyzed spider into one of them. I'm interested in who they are and whether they can be dangerous for bees?
Taken in the Kaluga region from Tarutino last weekend.

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31.05.2010 22:02, Fornax13

Flies-maybe. The wasp is from the Pompilidae, it is not dangerous for bees, it just liked the tubes, it nested there.

upd.
the fly, I think, is from the genus Cacoxenus (Drosophilidae). Cacoxenus indagator is a kleptoparasite, the larvae develop in pollen stocks of Osmia cornuta and O. rufa.

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01.06.2010 19:40, apismen

Fornax13, thank YOU so much for your comprehensive answer!
I have more questions:
1. What is this small bee? She examines the timber inhabited by bees and Osmia. The bx diameter. The holes are 6 mm. If it was galictus, what was she doing here?
They seem to be earthen and do not live in a tree.

2. This is the first time I've seen such a fly. Who is it? I also examined the beam for a long time.

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01.06.2010 19:53, Fornax13

The fly is precisely a bee parasite from the Anthracinae (Bombylidae). Probably Anthrax anthrax.

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01.06.2010 20:33, Алексей Сажнев

And the bee is not from antidium case

02.06.2010 20:39, apismen

Fornax13, you do not know where you can read about this fly, and then I Googled nothing worthwhile!


Sazhnev. Do the antidias live in the tree, or did she come for the resin?

02.06.2010 23:08, Fornax13

Fornax13, you do not know where you can read about this fly, and then I Googled nothing worthwhile!
Sazhnev. Do the antidias live in the tree, or did she come for the resin?

Read this, I think you're interested будет:www.bulletinofinsectology.org/pdfarticles/vol58-2005-141-152krunic.pdf

Just about osmium.
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03.06.2010 20:56, apismen

Thank you, much is clear from the pictures! It's a pity I don't speak English enough to read origenal fluently. The auto-translator, alas, will not help either, the pdf file. Okay, there would be material slowly figure it out!
You accidentally don't know here on the Forum still someone interested in osmia.

This post was edited by apismen - 03.06.2010 21: 20

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