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 "Strange" pupa (Tachinidae?)
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 05-11-2007 18:03
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 Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
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) 
Edited by Rui Andrade on 05-11-2007 18:19 |
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| crex |
Posted on 05-11-2007 19:03
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Associated with Acronicta tridens are Compsilura concinnata, Nilea hortulana, Phebellia glauca and probably others ... |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 05-11-2007 20:31
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
Thank you crex The pupa of Compsilura concinnata doesn't seem to be identical to that of the 1st photo... |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 07-11-2007 18:45
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
compact cheerios?   Carcharodus alceae - hesperiidae, right?  |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 07-11-2007 19:13
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
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  ). |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-11-2007 12:31
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
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 |
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| Rui Andrade |
Posted on 08-11-2007 20:29
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3123 Joined: 19.06.07 |
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". |
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