

Heres a pic of 4th instar sallow kitten at 25mm now.and a pic of grey dagger larva with parasitic cocoon attached,nature eh !!
This blog has been set up so local people can find out what is going on in the world of Moths, Butterflys and dragonflies in Calderdale.If you have any ID problems put up your photo's and someone will try and help you to id it.
3 comments:
Fascinating stuff Bri.
I presume the parasitic wasp pupa is using the warning colours and irritating hairs of the dead(?)Grey Dagger larva as a defence from would be predators - clever or what!
we dont know half of what go,s on,i bet theres parasitica which prey on other parasites no doubt !
There are, they're called hyper parisitoids.That's why it can be very difficult sometimes to determine what a particular parisitoid has fed on - the moth or the original parisitoid which fed on the moth!
You thought studying micros was problematical - it seems to pale into insignificance compared to studying parasitic wasps.
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