Thread subject: Diptera.info :: larva moth/butterfly
Posted by shar on 30-04-2011 21:04
#1
Dear Forum,
Is this a larva of a fly or....?
The larva lost it white skin and has already turned into a pupa.
gr.
Shar
Edited by shar on 30-04-2011 21:46
Posted by shar on 30-04-2011 21:07
#2
second picture
Edited by shar on 30-04-2011 21:09
Posted by shar on 30-04-2011 21:10
#3
pupa
Edited by shar on 30-04-2011 21:10
Posted by Sara21392 on 30-04-2011 21:20
#4
I think this larvae of a moth, because of pseudo legs on abdomen and cocoon! :)
Posted by Sara21392 on 30-04-2011 21:24
#5
Of course I think second picture is another Lepidopter, because it has a cremaster and it is chrysalid, then I guess second picture is a kind of butterfly! :)
Posted by shar on 30-04-2011 21:45
#6
Okay I thought it must me something else than a butterfly or moth. Silly me :)
Maybe because there was a fly sitting on it.
We shall see what will come out of the pupa.
Thanks Sara.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 01-05-2011 09:56
#7
Looks like a parasitoid... Ichneumonoidea?
Posted by Calilasseia on 24-10-2011 06:15
#8
If the larva only has one pair of prolegs in addition to the anal claspers, then it's a larva of one of the Geometrid moths. That narrows it down to about 350 species if we're dealing with a member of the UK fauna. :)