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Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Twin Springs Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
1 of 2 images of this specimen.
07/22/18 Collected flower heads of a composite, Polymnia canadensis, inhabited by lep larvae

Batch rearing

Flower heads eventually turned brown and started to rot, and then fly larvae of this species appeared...apparently their eggs or young larvae had been present in the plant material as well

08/03/18 Photographed a larva (this series) and a pupa


08/07/18 Adult

Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Twin Springs Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
7 of 7 images of this specimen.

Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Twin Springs Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
6 of 7 images of this specimen.

Termite? - Zootermopsis
Termite? - Zootermopsis
Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington, USA
August 8, 2018
3 of 3 images of this specimen.

Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Twin Springs Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
5 of 7 images of this specimen.

Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Twin Springs Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
4 of 7 images of this specimen.

Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Twin Springs Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
3 of 7 images of this specimen.

Termite? - Zootermopsis
Termite? - Zootermopsis
Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington, USA
August 8, 2018
2 of 3 images of this specimen.

Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Decomposer in a rearing container - Drosophila busckii
Twin Springs Park, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
2 of 7 images of this specimen.

Termite? - Zootermopsis
Termite? - Zootermopsis
Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington, USA
August 8, 2018
1 of 3 images of this specimen.
Found already dead next to our garage door outside