A warm night and lots of moths, 326 moths of 41 species. A Delicate was new for me - It's been a great year for filling macro gaps on the garden list #Otley #VC64 #teammoth
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@calybites.bsky.socialThis Tachinid fly is one of two that emerged from a Comma pupa.
They had obviously parasitised the caterpillar before it pupated.
#VC64 #Diptera #Parasitoid
@calybites.bsky.socialA tiny ichneumon has emerged from this long-lived Luffia lapidella larval case.
I suspect the parasitoid might be a female Diadegma naryciae but I will have to get my old microscope out to look for confirmatory features.
#Larva aeterna
#Campopleginae #Ichneumonidae #VC64
