This Tachinid fly is one of two that emerged from a Comma pupa.
They had obviously parasitised the caterpillar before it pupated.
#VC64 #Diptera #Parasitoid

This Tachinid fly is one of two that emerged from a Comma pupa.
They had obviously parasitised the caterpillar before it pupated.
#VC64 #Diptera #Parasitoid
Two new #parasitoid #wasp species have been described from the Nearctic region: Eubazus (Aliolus) confragosus and Eubazus (Aliolus) rhyssoeubazus (Braconidae, Brachistinae).
Full study: doi.org/10.3897/jhr....
New #OpenAccess research in #RESInsectConsDiv
#MothTraps shine a light on nocturnal #parasitoid wasps: Snapshot assessment of UK diversity and distributions
doi.org/10.1111/icad...
#Biodiversity #InsectMonitoring
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