Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Who is there on a butterfly caterpillar?

Posted by pierred on 30-09-2019 20:01
#1
Hello,

[Click on the picture to get a better resolution. Click back to come back.]
www.galerie-insecte.org/galerie/image/dos241/big/5ds68754.jpg
Pierre Duhem : France : Bessans : 73480 : 09/08/2019
Altitude : 1680 m - Taille : 3-4 mm
Réf. : 241017

This critter is on a Notodontidae caterpillar. Initially, I thought it was a parasit. With the time, I thinks it was only resting there.
What do you think about it?

Posted by johnes81 on 30-09-2019 20:16
#2
I think it is a female Forcipomyia sp (Ceratopogonidae).
Maybe John Carr or Tony Irwin can confirm it.

Best wishes,
John

Posted by johnes81 on 30-09-2019 22:54
#3
Hello again,

i made a post before about a similar specimen:
https://diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=85028

so it is a female Forcipomyia sp.

Best wishes,
John

Posted by John Carr on 30-09-2019 23:11
#4
The usual species on caterpillars is Forcipomyia fuliginosa.

http://images.pea...-Wirth.pdf

Posted by pierred on 01-10-2019 08:13
#5
Thanks a lot to both of you.

Should I put the picture in the gallery?
Edited by pierred on 01-10-2019 08:30