Does anyone have a photo of tachinid fly, Anisia serotina?

I intend to write an article for Dave's Garden about the Eastern Lubber Grasshopper. In my research, I found that there is a tachinid fly, Anisia serotina, that parasitizes the Lubbers and provides some control of the Lubber populations.

I can't find a photo or illustration of A. serotina anywhere on the web. Does anyone happen to have a photo of this bug? All the scientific papers on the topic say that not much is known about A. serotina, so it may be a bug most people would not recognize. There is no genus entry in the DG Bug Files for Anisia.

Any assistance you can provide will be greatly appreciated.

Jeremy Wayne Lucas

I cannot even find a reference in the www.bugguide.net
maybe a misspelling, or mis-named......
sorry

Thanks for the reply, pford. I checked the spelling by doing a Google search for Anisia serotina and got lots of results.

http://www.google.com/search?q=anisia+serotina&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

It must be very unfamiliar to the entomologists and the scientific community, but there have been some papers written about its method of parasitizing the lubbers. You'd think someone along the way would have thought about getting a photo or making a sketch of A. serotina during all that detailed study!! But apparently not! LOL

Jeremy

This message was edited Jun 4, 2008 10:25 AM

Although I am not an entomologist, I am amazed every day at creation because I am always running across bugs that I've never even heard of or seen. How wonderful. Good luck tracking your bug. Maybe you will come across it one day.

Paul

Thanks, pford. (Sorry for all the bold text. I forgot the hyperlink bold end code!, which I've now corrected).

Yes, there are so many bugs and plants and animals yet to be discovered. All the more reason to encourage conservation and study!

I may try to contact the entomologists at the University of Florida to see if they can find a photo or sketch of A. serotina, or see if the researchers at the institutions that were involved in the Tachinid - Lubber link have any pix of the fly. It has now become an unquenchable quest!

Jeremy

I understand. I share the same "rush" in research.
Except for mine, my curiosity kicks in when I actually have a picture, and try and figure out what it is.......not the other way around. ha!!!!!
Good Luck.
Post your findings here, if you ever come accross it.

Jeremy, you could ask the U. Florida people if there's a similar species that you can get a picture of, and just mention that in the caption - it might be a species you'd need a magnifying glass or a microscope to distinguish from other flies, anyway. Just an idea.