Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tepritid on large daisy

Posted by ChrisR on 01-06-2008 17:29
#1
Which tephritid is this? Seen today in southern England, approximately 6mm long.

Posted by ChrisR on 01-06-2008 17:29
#2
another angle

Posted by ChrisR on 01-06-2008 17:29
#3
another angle

Posted by ChrisR on 01-06-2008 17:30
#4
and in addition I saw this parasitoid - possibly a braconid around the same flowers, presumably hunting for places where the tephritid had laid eggs.
Edited by ChrisR on 01-06-2008 17:32

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 01-06-2008 19:52
#5
Chaetorellia jaceae (Robineau-Desvoidy)

Posted by ChrisR on 01-06-2008 19:55
#6
Thanks Valery! :D