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Tachinid Parasitoid - Tribe Blondeliini, maybe Compsilura or Eucelatoria This fly emerged (as a larva, which then pupated) from the parasitized saddleback caterpillar that I posted here: <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171244/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea.html" title="Saddleback Caterpillar - Acharia stimulea"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/171244_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1761782410&Signature=N%2BIMAYKzESBGbrGgxuXt2%2FnNh8E%3D" width="200" height="146" alt="Saddleback Caterpillar - Acharia stimulea Parasitized caterpillars. There were at least 10 caterpillars on this bush. Some were dead with just their shriveled cadavers left, while many had white eggs on them. One had 2 eggs on one of its tubercles AND a hole near the saddle with something moving inside. I suspect the eggs are tachinid eggs. Also, the creature in the hole could be a tachinid larva that hatched and burrowed into the caterpillar. The caterpillar is still alive and I am rearing it to find out what the parasitoids are.<br /> <br /> Video that shows movement (slight) in the hole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZjyby5qSLU<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171244/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171243/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171245/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171242/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171246/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea_parasitized_cadaver.html Acharia stimulea,Geotagged,Saddleback Caterpillar,Summer,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> Unfortunately, the wings did not unfold and dry properly, so the fly died. I don&#039;t think I can get a species ID. The parasitized caterpillar had a second parasitoid from a different species of tachinid, which has pupated, and I am waiting for the adult to emerge. <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171615/tachinid_parasitoid_-_tribe_blondeliini_maybe_compsilura_or_eucelatoria.html" title="Tachinid Parasitoid - Tribe Blondeliini, maybe Compsilura or Eucelatoria"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/171615_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1761782410&Signature=jq489Ev8mgkiMIev9Fq85YbedGk%3D" width="200" height="158" alt="Tachinid Parasitoid - Tribe Blondeliini, maybe Compsilura or Eucelatoria This fly emerged (as a larva, which then pupated) from the parasitized saddleback caterpillar that I posted here: https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171244/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea.html<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, the wings did not unfold and dry properly, so the fly died. I don&#039;t think I can get a species ID. The parasitized caterpillar had a second parasitoid from a different species of tachinid, which has pupated, and I am waiting for the adult to emerge. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171615/tachinid_parasitoid_-_tribe_blondeliini_maybe_compsilura_or_eucelatoria.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171614/tachinid_parasitoid_-_tribe_blondeliini_maybe_compsilura_or_eucelatoria.html Acharia stimulea,Geotagged,United States,blondeliini,compsilura,diptera,eucelatoria,fly,parasitoid,tachinid,tachinidae" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171614/tachinid_parasitoid_-_tribe_blondeliini_maybe_compsilura_or_eucelatoria.html" title="Tachinid Parasitoid - Tribe Blondeliini, maybe Compsilura or Eucelatoria"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/171614_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1761782410&Signature=2yBnZU9WY5WANZyVYISudPusu%2FU%3D" width="200" height="148" alt="Tachinid Parasitoid - Tribe Blondeliini, maybe Compsilura or Eucelatoria This fly emerged (as a larva, which then pupated) from the parasitized saddleback caterpillar that I posted here: https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171244/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea.html<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, the wings did not unfold and dry properly, so the fly died. I don&#039;t think I can get a species ID. The parasitized caterpillar had a second parasitoid from a different species of tachinid, which has pupated, and I am waiting for the adult to emerge. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171615/tachinid_parasitoid_-_tribe_blondeliini_maybe_compsilura_or_eucelatoria.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171614/tachinid_parasitoid_-_tribe_blondeliini_maybe_compsilura_or_eucelatoria.html Acharia stimulea,Family Tachinidae,Geotagged,United States,blondeliini,compsilura,diptera,eucelatoria,fly,parasitoid,tachinid" /></a></figure> Acharia stimulea,Geotagged,United States,blondeliini,compsilura,diptera,eucelatoria,fly,parasitoid,tachinid,tachinidae Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Tachinid Parasitoid - Tribe Blondeliini, maybe Compsilura or Eucelatoria

This fly emerged (as a larva, which then pupated) from the parasitized saddleback caterpillar that I posted here:

Saddleback Caterpillar - Acharia stimulea Parasitized caterpillars. There were at least 10 caterpillars on this bush. Some were dead with just their shriveled cadavers left, while many had white eggs on them. One had 2 eggs on one of its tubercles AND a hole near the saddle with something moving inside. I suspect the eggs are tachinid eggs. Also, the creature in the hole could be a tachinid larva that hatched and burrowed into the caterpillar. The caterpillar is still alive and I am rearing it to find out what the parasitoids are.<br /> <br /> Video that shows movement (slight) in the hole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZjyby5qSLU<br /> <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171244/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171243/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171245/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171242/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171246/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea_parasitized_cadaver.html Acharia stimulea,Geotagged,Saddleback Caterpillar,Summer,United States


Unfortunately, the wings did not unfold and dry properly, so the fly died. I don't think I can get a species ID. The parasitized caterpillar had a second parasitoid from a different species of tachinid, which has pupated, and I am waiting for the adult to emerge.
Tachinid Parasitoid - Tribe Blondeliini, maybe Compsilura or Eucelatoria This fly emerged (as a larva, which then pupated) from the parasitized saddleback caterpillar that I posted here: https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171244/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea.html<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, the wings did not unfold and dry properly, so the fly died. I don't think I can get a species ID. The parasitized caterpillar had a second parasitoid from a different species of tachinid, which has pupated, and I am waiting for the adult to emerge. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171615/tachinid_parasitoid_-_tribe_blondeliini_maybe_compsilura_or_eucelatoria.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171614/tachinid_parasitoid_-_tribe_blondeliini_maybe_compsilura_or_eucelatoria.html Acharia stimulea,Geotagged,United States,blondeliini,compsilura,diptera,eucelatoria,fly,parasitoid,tachinid,tachinidae

Tachinid Parasitoid - Tribe Blondeliini, maybe Compsilura or Eucelatoria This fly emerged (as a larva, which then pupated) from the parasitized saddleback caterpillar that I posted here: https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171244/saddleback_caterpillar_-_acharia_stimulea.html<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, the wings did not unfold and dry properly, so the fly died. I don't think I can get a species ID. The parasitized caterpillar had a second parasitoid from a different species of tachinid, which has pupated, and I am waiting for the adult to emerge. <br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171615/tachinid_parasitoid_-_tribe_blondeliini_maybe_compsilura_or_eucelatoria.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/171614/tachinid_parasitoid_-_tribe_blondeliini_maybe_compsilura_or_eucelatoria.html Acharia stimulea,Family Tachinidae,Geotagged,United States,blondeliini,compsilura,diptera,eucelatoria,fly,parasitoid,tachinid

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