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Pupa from bird nest
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 Hi,
I found this pupa in the nest of Robin. Among many pupas of Calliphora azurea, I found one like this. It seems the larvae went to go to pupa to someones (another fly?) body.
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 And last one, the body remnant with pupa inside.
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 The double row of slightly different sized spines on each segment suggests to me that the fly pupariated in a portion of Lepidoptera pupal abdomen (possibly Tortricidae), presumably a discarded prey item.
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 Thanks Tony but I am more interested to identify the fly (family would be enough). Any suggestions?
 
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