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This fly emerged from the pupa of a cupmoth. I have collected several pupae to observe the moth, with no luck :(
Local park, wild collected pupae were apparently already infested by tachinid flies.
The photo was taken through a pane of glass to prevent the fly from escaping. I let it go.
Spotted on Jan 4, 2014
Submitted on Jan 4, 2014
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Chetogena sp. is a known parasite of D.vulnerans
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf...
http://v3.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxb...
Those are really good pics Martin - looks like he wants to go right back in. I missed this spotting and so was amazed to see a fly emerge out of the cocoon that Mark was observing !