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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Acalyptratae" » Tephritoidea » Fruit Flies (Tephritidae) » Tephritinae » Eutretini » Paracantha » Paracantha cultaris
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Paracantha with larva - Paracantha cultaris
Copyright © 2020 Thumbwave

Paracantha with larva - Paracantha cultaris
San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA
March 29, 2020
Size: 7-10mm
Is the larva associated with this species of Fruit Fly (Genus Paracantha)? The interaction was non-hostile, and very brief. There were many Lady Beetle larvae about at the at time, but none of this appearance. Thanks!!

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Contributed by Thumbwave on 8 April, 2020 - 11:22am
Last updated 7 June, 2021 - 9:29pm

Moved
Moved from Paracantha.
… Spencer Pote, 7 June, 2021 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Spencer Pote, 8 April, 2020 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

Observed on a Sunflower (Helianthus)
"whereas P. cultaris (Coquillett), the third species in California, attacks only Helianthus spp. (Cavender & Goeden 1984)."

REF: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1001&context=hcs_fac
… Thumbwave, 8 April, 2020 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

lacewing larva
the larvae are predators of aphids but I don't know if they ever take on something as large as that fly
… Steve Scholnick, 8 April, 2020 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Sunflower (Helianthus)
I neglected to mention that this was observed on a Sunflower (Helianthus) which likely makes this a Paracantha cultaris for both the adult and the larva perhaps?
… Thumbwave, 8 April, 2020 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

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