now it begins
May 3, 2018 16:33:19 #
May 3, 2018 19:23:59 #
On the original, I thought they were ectoparasites, perhaps Tachinid eggs on the 7th segment, and one just hatched between 5 and 6 (can just see the segmentation); your re-shoot makes it clear that the others (more than 2) have hatched! The relative size is just about right for Tach eggs and 1st instars. Will you try to rear them through? Great photos!!!! Some (most?) Tachinidae have telescoping segments at the tip of the abdomen, and extend the ovipositor forward between the legs for nearly a body-length and delicately place the eggs on the prey.
May 3, 2018 19:55:41 #
relbugman wrote:
your re-shoot makes it clear that the others (more than 2) have hatched! The relative size is just about right for Tach eggs and 1st instars. Will you try to rear them through?
the re-shoot is shot 3x1
i will shoot the whole process if i can,i've done it a few times successfully
May 3, 2018 21:26:55 #
tinusbum wrote:
YES! you guys are right.i went out and hunted it down (ok,i accidentally found it again.its in a bowl on the deck) and we have larva
keep us posted............May 3, 2018 22:13:25 #
May 4, 2018 09:32:31 #
A-PeeR wrote:
Nicely done, doesn't look like they will be around long....
its a slow death
wikipedia
On or inside the host the parasitoid egg hatches into a larva or two or more larvae (polyembryony). Endoparasitoid eggs can absorb fluids from the host body and grow several times in size from when they were first laid before hatching. The first instar larvae is often highly mobile and may have strong mandibles or other structures to compete with other parasitiod larvae. The following instars are generally more grub-like. Parasitoid larvae have incomplete digestive systems with no rear opening. This prevents the hosts from being contaminated by their wastes. The larva feeds on the host's tissues until ready to pupate; by then the host is generally either dead or almost so. A meconium, or the accumulated wastes from the larva is cast out as the larva transitions to a prepupa.[8][9] Depending on its species, the parasitoid then may eat its way out of the host or remain in the more or less empty skin. In either case it then generally spins a cocoon and pupates.
May 4, 2018 11:12:37 #
tinusbum wrote:
its a slow death br wikipedia br On or inside the ... (show quote)
creature feature............certainly gives the Alien movie a lot more credibility..........
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