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Tachinidae ex pupa
Dmitry Gavryushin	#1 Posted on 03-05-2006 06:37
Member Location: Posts: 3303 Joined: 17.10.05	Emerged on May 01, 2006. Size around 5mm. I can't tell the host's name, my hibernation containers are rather messy, and, besides, there are some separate puparia, too.


Dmitry Gavryushin	#2 Posted on 03-05-2006 06:38
Member Location: Posts: 3303 Joined: 17.10.05	There's an additional image.


ChrisR	#3 Posted on 03-05-2006 09:59
Administrator Location: Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Certainly a tachinid fly and they're very nice photos but if only if could see the apical scutellars better... Nevermind - I'll take an educated guess (based on the UK key) at Bactromyia aurulenta. Did you have any pupae of lycaenid butterflies? My next best alternative would be Lydella sp.


Dmitry Gavryushin	#4 Posted on 03-05-2006 10:43
Member Location: Posts: 3303 Joined: 17.10.05	Thanks a lot Chris, No better views of the area you need, sorry... And definitely no Lycaenidae pupae, with quite a few Rhopalocera pupae at all.


ChrisR	#5 Posted on 03-05-2006 13:29
Administrator Location: Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Hmmm, looks like it needs Theo then


Zeegers	#6 Posted on 03-05-2006 17:16
Member Location: Posts: 18446 Joined: 21.07.04	No, you don't Bactromyia aurulenta is bull's eye. It is a polyphagous species, however, frequently reared from Yponomeuta. Any chance there was Yponomeuta in the cage ? Theo


Dmitry Gavryushin	#7 Posted on 03-05-2006 20:40
Member Location: Posts: 3303 Joined: 17.10.05	No Yponomeuta, a few Microlepidoptera pupae collected in early spring. By the way, I think that Yponomeuta hibernate as first instar larvae.


Zeegers	#8 Posted on 04-05-2006 20:36
Member Location: Posts: 18446 Joined: 21.07.04	As said, Bactromyia is polyphagous and can easily have been reared from another Micro. So no contradiction here. Thanks for the feedback Theo