Parasitic wasp rather than a fly, but excellent pictures!
Max Novels by Max and/or Ariana Overton http://www.maxoverton.com The Lion of Scythia Trilogy (Lion of Scythia, The Golden King, Funeral in Babylon); The Glass House Trilogy (Glass House, A Glass Darkly, Looking Glass); A Cry of Shadows, The Devil is in the Details, Trapdoor, Tapestry, Scarab - Akhenaten (Book 1 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Smenkhkare (Book 2 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Tutankhamen (Book 3 of the Amarnan Kings), Scarab - Ay (Book 4 of the Amarnan Kings), Rakshasa (Book 1 of the Demon series), Djinn (Book 2 of the Demon series), Glass Continuum, Ascension Works in Progress: Sequestered, Scarab - Horemheb (Book 5 of the Amarnan Kings), Succubus (Book 3 of the Demon series) Also check out http://julesphotographiccreations.blogspot.com/ This message was created using recycled letters from deleted emails > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > From: [email protected] > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:57:18 -0800 > Subject: [ButterflyIndia] PUPA ..a parasite host. > > three days back i came across a pupa on a mango leaf. thinking it to be a > common baron pupa, i brought it home. while looking at it closely , i found > some blackish colouration and thinking that it might be a different species, > i kept it under observation. 2 days later the container in which the pupa was > kept was full of small flies! taken by surprise , i closely observed and > through a small hole in pupa, the flies were coming out ! then i realised > that the pupa was hosting a parasite fly larvae. sending a few pics. i have > also came across a wasp infesting common crow caterpillar. about that later > ..........milind > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > --- > Check information on other DiversityIndia groups @ http://DiversityIndia.org/ > ---Yahoo! Groups Links > > > -- Enjoy
