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Tachinid from green caterpillar - Compsilura concinnata
Copyright © 2009 Charley Eiseman

Tachinid from green caterpillar - Compsilura concinnata
Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
August 23, 2004
I'm guessing that these and several others I've reared from caterpillars are Compsilura concinnata.

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Green caterpillar - Nadata gibbosa Tachinid from green caterpillar - Compsilura concinnata Tachinid from white-dotted prominent caterpillar - Compsilura concinnata Tachinid from white-dotted prominent caterpillar - Compsilura concinnata
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 20 August, 2009 - 9:47pm
Last updated 2 December, 2009 - 9:10am

Moved
Moved from Tachinidae, to join the other "probably Compsilura concinnata" images. Thanks for taking a look.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 December, 2009 - 9:10am

probably Compsilura concinnata
I think this probably is Compsilura, but it is quite difficult to identify these small, grayish tachinids from a photo alone.
… Norm Woodley, 2 December, 2009 - 9:05am

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