Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Brazilian caterpillar infected with parasitic fly larvae?

Posted by bonitin on 11-01-2011 11:37
#1
Hi,

The caterpillar was huge, I think about 8-10cm..
At first I didn't know what to think about these white things stuck to it until it dawned to me it had to be parasitic eggs, poor thing!awkward

14th February 2010
Rainforest on the banks of a river, Paraty-Brazil
Thank you!
MyriamSmile

Posted by bonitin on 11-01-2011 11:38
#2
close-up..

Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-01-2011 12:09
#3
Looks more like a hymenopteron, probably Braconidae.

Posted by bonitin on 11-01-2011 12:11
#4
Thanks Paul, not Dipterian then..


Posted by Sara21392 on 11-01-2011 12:21
#5
Hi
I agree
I have got as your sample before, after 2 days, I saw, several Braconids to come out from pupa(s) awkward
It looks like mine, I think.
Edited by Sara21392 on 11-01-2011 12:22