Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pupal skins of Laphria flava?

Posted by R_Majoor on 10-07-2022 20:05
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Hi everyone,

a while ago, I found these pupal skins sticking out of a piece of wood (a ring of a stem, but the bark was already removed so I couldn't tell the tree species any more). After consulting on the Dutch forum of waarneming.nl, it soon became apparent that they belonged to Asilidae, and I suspect that it is Laphria flava. Is this correct? Or maybe actually a Choerades sp.?
See also https://waarnemin...248327084/.
Photos:
waarneming.nl/media/photo/53859347.jpg
waarneming.nl/media/photo/53859348.jpg
waarneming.nl/media/photo/53859349.jpg
waarneming.nl/media/photo/53859350.jpg
waarneming.nl/media/photo/53859351.jpg
waarneming.nl/media/photo/53860098.jpg
waarneming.nl/media/photo/53860099.jpg

Thank you in advance!

Rayan Majoor