Thread subject: Diptera.info :: "Strange" pupa (Tachinidae?)
Posted by Rui Andrade on 05-11-2007 18:03
#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)
Edited by Rui Andrade on 05-11-2007 18:19
Posted by crex on 05-11-2007 19:03
#2
Associated with
Acronicta tridens are
Compsilura concinnata,
Nilea hortulana,
Phebellia glauca and probably others ...
Posted by Rui Andrade on 05-11-2007 20:31
#3
Thank you crex:)
The pupa of Compsilura concinnata doesn't seem to be identical to that of the 1st photo...
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 07-11-2007 18:45
#4
compact cheerios? :| :o
Carcharodus alceae - hesperiidae, right? ;)
Posted by Rui Andrade on 07-11-2007 19:13
#5
jorgemotalmeida wrote:
compact cheerios? :| :o
Someone said, here in diptera.info, that you are always thinking about food, and that is true:D:D
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:().
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 08-11-2007 12:31
#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
Posted by Rui Andrade on 08-11-2007 20:29
#7
LOL:D:D:D
You find the strangest things on youtube:o
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:D.
Quoting my brother: "It was a repulsive experience but it didn't have any taste".