Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae to ID: parasitoid of Papilio machaon
Posted by Rui Andrade on 24-07-2009 21:36
#1
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:
Posted by ChrisR on 24-07-2009 22:37
#2
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 :(
Posted by Rui Andrade on 24-07-2009 22:43
#3
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.
Posted by Zeegers on 26-07-2009 20:41
#4
Buquetia musca, the typical Tachinid for Papilio.
Great job !
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 26-07-2009 21:03
#5
Strange, I had never even heard of that one - definitely worth adding to the photo gallery :)
Posted by Rui Andrade on 27-07-2009 02:08
#6
Thank you once more Theo;)
Chris, I had heard of this fly in this thread:):
http://www.dipter...ad_id=7447