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Tachinidae to ID: parasitoid of Papilio machaon
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Rui Andrade |
Posted on 24-07-2009 21:36
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3122 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: |
ChrisR |
Posted on 24-07-2009 22:37
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 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. |
Rui Andrade |
Posted on 24-07-2009 22:43
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3122 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. |
Zeegers |
Posted on 26-07-2009 20:41
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18723 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Buquetia musca, the typical Tachinid for Papilio. Great job ! Theo |
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ChrisR |
Posted on 26-07-2009 21:03
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 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. |
Rui Andrade |
Posted on 27-07-2009 02:08
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Member Location: Portugal Posts: 3122 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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