Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Brazilian caterpillar infected with parasitic fly larvae?
Posted by bonitin on 11-01-2011 11:37
#1
Hi,
The caterpillar was huge, I think about 8-10cm..
At first I didn't know what to think about these white things stuck to it until it dawned to me it had to be parasitic eggs, poor thing!:S
14th February 2010
Rainforest on the banks of a river, Paraty-Brazil
Thank you!
Myriam:)
Posted by bonitin on 11-01-2011 11:38
#2
close-up..
Posted by Paul Beuk on 11-01-2011 12:09
#3
Looks more like a hymenopteron, probably Braconidae.
Posted by bonitin on 11-01-2011 12:11
#4
Thanks Paul, not Dipterian then..
Posted by Sara21392 on 11-01-2011 12:21
#5
Hi
I agree
I have got as your sample before, after 2 days, I saw, several Braconids to come out from pupa(s) :S
It looks like mine, I think.
Edited by Sara21392 on 11-01-2011 12:22