Olive fruit midge (Lasioptera berlesiana), this small insect lays its eggs in the exit holes of the olive flies, whose larvae maggots devour the larvae in their gallery. He can not pierce the cuticle of the olives.

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Shooting date : 2009-08-31

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Wild animal / Insect / True fly / Gall midge / Olive fruit midge (Prolasioptera berlesiana)

Atmosphere / Seasons / Temperate season / Summer

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Species / Relation between species / Parasitism / Parasite / Parasitoid

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Protostomia / Articulata / Arthropoda / Tracheata / Antennata / Hexapoda / Insecta / Diptera / Cecidomyiidae / Prolasioptera

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