Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae ex pupae, Oct.26, 2006

Posted by Zeegers on 26-10-2006 21:07
#5

Well, it clearly is Carcelia and with such nice pictures we might even get a full ID (Carcelia is difficult genus).
The vertex is very small, the basicosta yellow, tibia 2 yellow with 1 ad, humeri dark, and the thorax slightly reddish in front of scutellum leading to

Carcelia rasa (male)

The host is suprising:
Carcelia rasa prefers Lymantriidae.
However, crossing over to other families as expection in known for many species in Carcelia.
C. rasa has two generations each year, but this record is late even for the autumn generation.


Theo Zeegers