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DIPTERA, Lonchaeidae -- <Images> & <Juveniles> Many species of Lonchaeidae develop in rotting
vegetation, but some are also prededors.
Taylor (1929, 1930) found that the larvae of Lonchaea corticis
Taylor were predaceous on those of Pissodes
strobi Peck and other beetles, the
species ranking second among the natural enemies of the pest. Eggs were laid in clusters of 6-25 in the
oviposition burrows of the beetles.
Larvae were not restricted entirely to animal food but also ingested
frass, etc. When the eggs of predator
and host occur simultaneously, or if those of the predator precede hatching
of the host by a few days to one week, the greatest host destruction occurs. References: Please refer to <biology.ref.htm>, [Additional references
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