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Tachinidae from a caterpillar
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mwkozlowski |
Posted on 12-12-2017 12:34
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 751 Joined: 17.10.06 |
This tachinid fly came out from a Geometridae larva. Three larvae filled completely the body of the caterpillar. Possible to identify?
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mwkozlowski |
Posted on 12-12-2017 12:34
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 751 Joined: 17.10.06 |
the puparia
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John Carr |
Posted on 12-12-2017 12:53
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Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9868 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Voria ruralis, most often found in Noctuidae. |
mwkozlowski |
Posted on 12-12-2017 13:11
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 751 Joined: 17.10.06 |
thanks John, sources say they happy on Trichoplusia ni (Geometridae) in the US
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Juergen Peters |
Posted on 13-12-2017 02:26
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 13673 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, mwkozlowski wrote: thanks John, sources say they happy on Trichoplusia ni (Geometridae) in the US but Trichoplusia ni is a Noctuid (Noctuidae, Plusiinae). https://en.wikipe...age_looper Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
mwkozlowski |
Posted on 13-12-2017 10:46
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 751 Joined: 17.10.06 |
Yes, of course! I forgot they are loopers, but this time from Noctuidae! Insects are strange! very general entomologist |
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