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Tachinidae ex pupa
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Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 03-05-2006 07:37
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3308 Joined: 17.10.05 |
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. Dmitry Gavryushin attached the following image: [105.98Kb] |
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Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 03-05-2006 07:38
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3308 Joined: 17.10.05 |
There's an additional image.
Dmitry Gavryushin attached the following image: [111.78Kb] |
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ChrisR |
Posted on 03-05-2006 10:59
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
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. |
Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 03-05-2006 11:43
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3308 Joined: 17.10.05 |
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. |
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ChrisR |
Posted on 03-05-2006 14:29
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Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Hmmm, looks like it needs Theo then |
Zeegers |
Posted on 03-05-2006 18:16
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18787 Joined: 21.07.04 |
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 |
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Dmitry Gavryushin |
Posted on 03-05-2006 21:40
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Member Location: Moscow region, Russia Posts: 3308 Joined: 17.10.05 |
No Yponomeuta, a few Microlepidoptera pupae collected in early spring. By the way, I think that Yponomeuta hibernate as first instar larvae. |
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Zeegers |
Posted on 04-05-2006 21:36
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18787 Joined: 21.07.04 |
As said, Bactromyia is polyphagous and can easily have been reared from another Micro. So no contradiction here. Thanks for the feedback Theo |
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