Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae ex pupa
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 03-05-2006 06:37
#1
Emerged on May 01, 2006.
Size around 5mm.
I can't tell the host's name, my hibernation containers are rather messy, and, besides, there are some separate puparia, too.
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 03-05-2006 06:38
#2
There's an additional image.
Posted by ChrisR on 03-05-2006 09:59
#3
Certainly a tachinid fly and they're very nice photos but if only if could see the apical scutellars better... :@ Nevermind - I'll take an educated guess (based on the UK key) at
Bactromyia aurulenta. Did you have any pupae of lycaenid butterflies? My next best alternative would be
Lydella sp. :)
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 03-05-2006 10:43
#4
Thanks a lot Chris,
No better views of the area you need, sorry...
And definitely no Lycaenidae pupae, with quite a few Rhopalocera pupae at all.
Posted by ChrisR on 03-05-2006 13:29
#5
Hmmm, looks like it needs Theo then :)
Posted by Zeegers on 03-05-2006 17:16
#6
No, you don't
Bactromyia aurulenta is bull's eye.
It is a polyphagous species, however, frequently reared from Yponomeuta.
Any chance there was Yponomeuta in the cage ?
Theo
Posted by Dmitry Gavryushin on 03-05-2006 20:40
#7
No Yponomeuta, a few Microlepidoptera pupae collected in early spring. By the way, I think that Yponomeuta hibernate as first instar larvae.
Posted by Zeegers on 04-05-2006 20:36
#8
As said, Bactromyia is polyphagous and can easily have been reared from another Micro.
So no contradiction here.
Thanks for the feedback
Theo