Thread subject: Diptera.info :: "Strange" pupa (Tachinidae?)
#1
I have with me some pupae of parasitoid flies (I think they are all tachinids).
One of them is very strange to me. Unlike the others, it has a curvature. Is it possible to tell if it belongs to a different group from the others? (the host of the "strange" pupa is a larva of Acronicta tridens).
Thank you
location: Barcelos, Portugal
date: 2007/10/31
"strange" pupa (host: Acronicta tridens)
"normal" pupa (host: Carcharodus alceae)
Posted by
crex on 05-11-2007 19:03
#2
Associated with
Acronicta tridens are
Compsilura concinnata,
Nilea hortulana,
Phebellia glauca and probably others ...
#3
Thank you crex
The pupa of Compsilura concinnata doesn't seem to be identical to that of the 1st photo...
#4
compact cheerios?
Carcharodus alceae - hesperiidae, right?
#5
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
compact cheerios?
Someone said, here in diptera.info, that you are always thinking about food, and that is true
Carcharodus alceae - hesperiidae, right?
Yes, a common hesperiid. Until now I never managed for a larva to turn into a pupa (the parasitoids are relentless
).
#6
we could organize an entomological gastronomy encounter! Why not?
There are people that likes a lot to eat flies... A good example how can be do that --- eating flies:
http://youtube.co...jp8OIyvVgw
#7
LOL
You find the strangest things on youtube
A while ago my brother ate a calliphorid fly (Lucilia sp. I think). He was running, and while gasping for air, the fly just came in
.
Quoting my brother: "It was a repulsive experience but it didn't have any taste".