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Apanteles, Meteorus (Hymenoptera Braconidae)

Wasp-like insect

Phryxe caudata Rondani (Diptera Tachinidae)

Fly-like insect. Monophagous on pine processionary moth. Multivoltine

Exorista spp.

Compsilura concinnata Meigen

Polyphagous fly-like insects

Parasitoids can be separated according to their emergence.

Parasitoids that emerge from the larva

   
 

Parasitoids that emerge from the pupa

 
 
 
 

 


   

 

 
   
 
   

Diptera Tachinidae

Fly-like insects with clear wings.
Same as above, but oviposition occurs on larva and emergence on pupa.

Villa brunnea Becker (Diptera Bombyliidae)

Fly-like insect with dark wings.
Monophagous on pine processionary moth
Univoltine, with extended diapause. Eggs are spread on the ground and small larvae penetrate the pupae.

Conomorium pityocampae Graham (Hymenoptera Pteromalidae)

Small wasp-like insect (2-3 mm).
Monophagous on pine processionary moth
Gregarious, up to 150 individuals emerging from one pupa, mostly females. Apparently necessitates of pupae in extended diapause.

In the pic mostly females. One male in the bottom.

Dibrachys boucheanus Ratzeburg and Dibrachys cavus Walker (Hymenoptera Pteromalidae)

Small wasp-like insect (2-3 mm).
Hyperparasitoid of tachinid flies, lays eggs in larvae of the parasitoid inside the host and emerges from parasitoid puparium.

Erigorgus femorator Aubert (melanotus Gravenhorst, Anomalon latro) (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae)

Small wasp-like insect (body length > 10 mm) with abdomen largely red-yellow.
Monophagous on pine processionary moth.
Univoltine. Eggs are laid in mature larvae and adults emerge from pupae.

Coelichneumon rudis Boyer de Fonscolombe (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae)

Wasp-like insect (body length > 10 mm) with abdomen largely black.
Monophagous on pine processionary moth.
Univoltine. Eggs are laid in pupae.