Subclytia rotundiventris (Fallen, 1820), (a shield bug parasitoid fly)


28 May 2011 at OSGR: SY99 in Dorset, England

Record Summaryin male Birch Shieldbug
Found asLarva
Date28 May 2011
Associated organismElasmostethus interstinctus
OS grid refOSGR: SY99
Lat/Lon50° 50’ N, 2° 0’ W
Vice CountyDorset, VC no: 9
CountryEngland
Voucher28 May 2011[C]
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Notes:

Larva emerged from adult male Birch Shieldbug (Elasmostethus interstinctus). Emerged through ?5th sternite.

Host (and larva) photographed on 8th June 2011, following emergence of larva. Host survived a while, but was dead by 11th June.

Gave it some soil and it pupariated within a couple of hours (7pm, 8th June).

Adult emerged 21st June 2011.

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