Phryxe nemea (Meigen, 1824)
a parasitoid fly
Phryxe nemea(Meigen, 1824) - a parasitoid fly, 2/5/02: Caterpillar host - in cocoon - underside

Image 0001: 2/5/02: Caterpillar host - in cocoon - underside

Note Caterpillar still moving slightly, but parasite has cut exit hole

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Equipment used Specimen directly scanned on HP Scanjet 5470c flatbed scanner. For some photographs of some specimens (eg leaf mines) the transparency adaptor was used.
Photographer Malcolm Storey
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Image Reference P35191
Found as Larva
Date 27 Apr 2002
OS grid ref SU56
Lat/Lon 51° 20' N, 1° 20' W
Location Berks, VC22, England
Voucher 27 Apr 2002[E]
Record summary Host caterpillar with (empty?) egg on Wild Cherry
Associated organism Lepidoptera
Return to Record page Phryxe nemea on 27 Apr 2002 at SU56 in Berks
Return to Taxon page Phryxe nemea
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