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Phryxe nemea
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Phryxe nemea (Meigen, 1824) (a parasitoid fly)

Date: 27 April 2002
Location: Berks, England
Voucher: 27/04/2002[E]
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State: Larva
Record Summary: Host caterpillar with (empty?) egg on Wild Cherry
Associated organism: Lepidoptera
Capture method: Reared
Identification Notes: 2 adults emerged, 16th?-19th May. Female retained for identification.
Host larva on Prunus avium.

Images etc

magnified photograph 2/5/02: Caterpillar host - in cocoon - underside 373 by 500 pixels
magnified photograph Egg - close-up 500 by 400 pixels
magnified photograph Host caterpillar with parasitoid egg 500 by 406 pixels
magnified photograph Puparium beside dying caterpillar 500 by 393 pixels
magnified photograph Puparium 61 Kb 411 by 347 pixels

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