I'm pretty certain they are not the larvae of a fly, Tachinid larvae are all
internal parasites of larvae as far as I know.   Why not rear them out and see
what they turn into?
 
Matt

--- On Tue, 7/7/09, dynamixware <dynamixware@...> wrote:


From: dynamixware <dynamixware@...>
Subject: [Breeding_UK-Leps] Re: Parasites on Puss Moth cat
To: Breeding_UK-Leps@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 7 July, 2009, 11:37 PM








Hi,

I assume they are parasites, fly most likley. I am rearing large and small white
caterpillars and found one of my small white caterpillars yesterday had same
green bugs as you had and I found a small fly in area I was rearing, I quickly
removed it and got rid of parasites, the caterpillar died though, so I assume
the eggs were laid in the caterpillar and the heat made them hatch and they
started to feed on it. After I got rid of them, I found no other problems since.
I don't know exatly what the green grubs are, but I assume some sort of fly.

Dave McCormick

--- In Breeding_UK- Leps@yahoogroups .com, Paul Talbot <paul.talbot54@ ...>
wrote:
>
> Hi all
> When I started to clean and feed my stock of Puss Moth larvae this morning I
> found one larva with a large "clump" of bright green translucent larvae of
> what I assume are some sort of parasite attached to its rear end ? I have
> around 70 of the Puss moth cats reared from a dying female found crushed
> earlier this spring. She managed to lay around 100 eggs and these have been
> kept in closed larval rearing containers since they hatched. I obviously add
> Sallow brought from the wild but can only assume these parasites (if that's
> what they are) have been introduced on the food plant.
>
> The link below should take you to my folder which contains two photos of the
> parasites in situ on the Puss Moth cat. Does anyone have any idea what these
> are ?
>
> http://tech. groups.yahoo. com/group/ Breeding_ UK-Leps/files/ PT/
>
> Paul Talbot
> VC 49
>
>
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