Seed-feeder:
Larva feeding in seed-head (Spencer, 1972b: 118).
Larva: The larvae of flies are leg-less maggots without a head capsule (see examples). They never have thoracic or abdominal legs. They do not have chewing mouthparts, although they do have a characteristic cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton (see examples), usually visible internally through the body wall.
Puparium: The puparia of flies are formed within the hardened last larval skin or puparium and as a result sheaths enclosing head appendages, wings and legs are not visible externally (see examples).
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - larvae: Currently unknown.
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Isle of Wight (Spencer, 1972b: 84). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Balearic Is., Dodecanese Is., European
Turkey, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania,
Malta, Spanish mainland, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.
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