Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ichneumonidae (Host: dipteran larvae)

Posted by Rui Andrade on 02-04-2008 00:47
#1

When I was enjoying the beautiful sight of flies over a dead shrew, an ichneumonid(?) came and started to ovipositing through the skin of the shrew on the dipteran larvae that were feeding on the carcassSmile. Can anyone help me to find out what this species is?

location: Barcelos, Portugal
date: 31/03/2008

A video that I made in this occasionWink:

http://www.youtub...y7u2DRwKXo

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img245.imageshack.us/img245/195/ich2vr1.jpg

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Posted by viktor j nilsson on 02-04-2008 10:53
#2

Braconidae: prob. Helconinae (Det: Julia Stigenberg).

Posted by Rui Andrade on 04-04-2008 15:38
#3

Thank you very much for your helpSmile