PARASITED PUPA-2

Location : Malayinkil, Thiruvananthapuram

MY OBSERVATIONS

23-03-2011 – Collected a caterpillar from an Ixora plant

It is bulky and hairy

28-03-2011 – Caterpillar died. But another pupa was seen in the bottle.

18-04-2011 – The pupa emerged and it was a fly

THE CATERPILLAR WAS PARASITED BY THE FLY