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 Tachinidae-Compsilura?
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| lema |
Posted on 17-04-2007 11:03
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 Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 211 Joined: 01.06.06 |
It?s an image of a Tachinid fly that emerges from larva/pupae of the Cabbage White - Pieris rapae - Could it be a Compsilura concinnata ?? 10mm Kitchen garden, caterpillar on broccoli Istria lema attached the following image:  [56.77Kb] |
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| lema |
Posted on 17-04-2007 11:10
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 211 Joined: 01.06.06 |
The same fly
lema attached the following image:  [69.91Kb] |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 17-04-2007 20:33
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18791 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Together with the next picture, you seem to be quite right Compsilura is relatively easy to rear, however, difficult to find in the field. Theo Zeegers |
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| lema |
Posted on 17-04-2007 21:28
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 211 Joined: 01.06.06 |
Theo, thanks for confirmation Last autumn I collected five caterpillars from my broccoli, all parasitised with Compsilura Marko |
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