Thread subject: Diptera.info :: catterpilar inside 'not' spider net ?
Posted by BubikolRamios on 18-05-2011 08:51
#1
It does not look like spider thing to me.
Body of catterpilar like 6-7 mm. Under apple tree leave.
Any commments ?
Edited by BubikolRamios on 18-05-2011 20:54
Posted by Nikolai Morozov on 18-05-2011 21:25
#2
Moth caterpillar? It seems green gastric contents are visible. Preparing to pupate?
I don't sure, but some ichneumonids parasitize on some (e. g. tetragnathid) spiders. On final stage larva suck out the spider's opisthosoma and then it pupate in dead spider's web.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-05-2011 21:33
#3
Hi!
It's the pupation net of the Apple Leaf miner
Lyonetia clerkella (Lyonetiidae).
http://www.ukmoth...hp?id=1696
Posted by BubikolRamios on 18-05-2011 21:53
#4
Thanks !
I guess if i make a net around that leaf I could catch whatewer will emerge.
Edited by BubikolRamios on 18-05-2011 22:16