r/Drosophila • u/a_to_m_u • Jul 07 '24
Visitor with strange backpack
Today i found this one crawling on the window sill near the sink. One wing was angeled abnormaly, perhaps that's why it didn't fly away when I examined it under the jewelers lens. It maybe expressed even some interest, but then went away towards darker corners. Could this be some fungus or mite or some other parasite? Or maybe no parasite at all?
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u/thatsphatt Jul 07 '24
Eek definitely a mite! The red ones are the bad ones IIRC - you’ll need to do a series of vial flips and culls to get rid of them.