Parasite event by durleybeachbum

Photography • Insects • posted on Sep 22, 2014

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I don't know the identities of these flies, but something very unpleasant has just occurred!

Comments (13)

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Glendaw

3:22PM | Mon, 22 September 2014

Wonderful close-up's of this stranger Andrea.

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jayfar

3:46PM | Mon, 22 September 2014

I don't think it will fly anymore!! Great shots.

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MrsRatbag

3:58PM | Mon, 22 September 2014

That's gotta hurt. Great captures!

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miwi

4:15PM | Mon, 22 September 2014

Klasse capture,super foto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Chipka

4:20PM | Mon, 22 September 2014

Ah...but it's only unpleasant for the host. As for what this actually is, I have no clue...an adult fly and a baby...something.... Wonderful photos...Nature is so pragmatic...it's all about resource exchange/exploitation, especially when it's not pretty.

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wysiwig

7:06PM | Mon, 22 September 2014

A stunning find and capture. Looks like someone annoyed someone else and got his ass kicked. The stance of the winner seems very confrontational as if to say, "You want to be next?" I can't tell what that spherical shape is. Is it an egg sack or is the poor thing leaking?

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Faemike55

7:22PM | Mon, 22 September 2014

cool captures Andrea the insect version of 'Alien'? so what insect would be Ripley?

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Juliette.Gribnau

2:02AM | Tue, 23 September 2014

fantastic !! very well seen and captured; it happens a lot in the late summer ( i have some bug-shots that are used by wasps to lay their eggs in the shield)

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CavalierLady

10:23AM | Tue, 23 September 2014

So I am guessing that the fly will feed the egg/larvae as it develops? A unique shot of the workings of mother nature...well seen and taken!

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Katraz

2:09PM | Tue, 23 September 2014

Nice shots I think it's a parasitic fly laying an egg on the host.

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mickuk50

2:24PM | Tue, 23 September 2014

Since getting this macro I am looking and finding all sorts I wouldn't have necessarily seen before !

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kgb224

2:45PM | Tue, 23 September 2014

Superb captures Andrea. God bless.

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danapommet

2:53PM | Fri, 26 September 2014

WOW!!! I think that you witnessed an egg being laid on the host body and the newly hatched larvae will consume it's host! Very impressive photos and montage!