Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Acrocerid pupa ?

Posted by John Bratton on 11-06-2020 18:47
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I collected this 1 June 2020 from a marsh at Moelyci Farm, Tregarth, North Wales. The host is Tetragnatha extensa. Unfortunately I had pickled it before I noticed the parasite. I am suggesting Acroceridae because that is the only group I know that parasitises spiders.