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 Tachinidae to ID: parasitoid of Papilio machaon
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 24-07-2009 20:36
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
I collected a Papilio machaon larva on dunes in Viana do Castelo, Portugal and it was parasitized by 6 tachinid specimens. In the photos below there is one of them. What could it be? date of eclosion: 24/07/2009    Dead Papilio machaon larva:  |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 24-07-2009 21:37
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I always love when a story has a happy ending!  Sadly the photos aren't ringing any bells and Papilio sp. seem to have a few quite varied tachinid parasitoids 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 24-07-2009 21:43
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
ChrisR wrote: I always love when a story has a happy ending! I must admit that it's an happy ending for me too  . I captured a common butterfly larva, but in the end I can have nice flies that I've never seen before.Lets wait for Theo or others, if they know this fly. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 26-07-2009 19:41
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19298 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Buquetia musca, the typical Tachinid for Papilio. Great job ! Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-07-2009 20:03
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Strange, I had never even heard of that one - definitely worth adding to the photo gallery
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 27-07-2009 01:08
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thank you once more Theo Chris, I had heard of this fly in this thread :http://www.dipter...ad_id=7447 |
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