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Hi All, Oct 1, 2010
There may well be flies that lay eggs only on rotting fungi but in many
cases the eggs are laid and the maggots feed for some time before
macroscopic onset of rot.
I recall seeing these jumping maggots only once (don't recall which
fungus but there are notes somewhere) and they have to be seen to be
appreciated,
Yt, Dave Webster
----- Original Message -----
From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
To: "NatureNS" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>; "John Gilhen" <GILHENJA@gov.ns.ca>
Cc: "Nancy Nickerson" <nicknl@ns.sympatico.ca>; "Jim Wolford"
<jimwolford@eastlink.ca>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 6:14 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Re: salamander and mushrooms
> Thanks, John, I will send this to NatureNS and to Nancy Nickerson who
> posted the sighting. One of the types of skinny fly maggots are
> colloquially called "skippers" because of their mysterious ability to
> JUMP considerable distances. And I know from experience decades ago
> that rotting mushrooms of a variety of kinds can be riddled with slim
> maggot larvae of flies -- I wonder how much biodiversity we are
> speaking of? Cheers from Jim
>
> On 1-Oct-10, at 9:34 AM, John Gilhen wrote:
>
>> Hi Jim;
>
>> Eastern Red-backed Salamanders seem to be attracted to mushrooms as
>> they are habitat for a small species of fly. I believe there is a
>> whole
>> family of flies that invade mushrooms as they begin to rot. On damp
>> foggy or rainy nights I see these Red-backed Salamanders foraging
>> on the
>> small flies and their larvae. They will also climb the trunks of maple
>> trees and forage among the lichens where small spiders and other small
>> invertebrates hang out.
>>
>>>>> "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> 9/29/2010 5:42 PM >>>
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>>> From: Nancy Nickerson <nicknl@ns.sympatico.ca>
>>> Date: September 29, 2010 4:18:36 PM ADT
>>> To: "'James W. Wolford'" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca>, 'Andy Davis'
>>> <akdavis@uga.edu>, 'andy dean' <aadean@ns.sympatico.ca>
>>> Subject: Salamanders and mushrooms
>>>
>>> Hi all:
>>>
>>> In Palmeters Woods (west Kentville) yesterday morning I found an
>>> eastern redback salamander under a fruitbody of Lactarius
>>> deceptivus. This is a large white mushroom that often exceeds 15 cm
>>
>>> in diameter and grows close to the ground. Presumably the space
>>> between the lower surface of the mushroom’s cap and the soil
>>> provides a moist, sheltered habitat for the salamander. Several
>>> years ago I found an e.r. salamander under the same species of
>>> mushroom in Clairmont Provincial Park.
>>>
>>> Nancy
>>
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