Hi Tony

thanks again! Sorry that the first photo I have send was not whole trap so
it was hard to understand.
So the caterpillar have chosen the wrong place.
I am wondering if I should remove the trap or keep it with pupa...

Thank you so much
Best
Yoshiko KONDO



Il giorno lun 14 ott 2024 alle ore 15:14 Dr Tony Irwin <
dr.tony.ir...@gmail.com> ha scritto:

> Hi Yoshiko
> Yes, the caterpillar's skin is lying to the right of the pupa. Looking at
> it closely, I would say that the caterpillar has come in from outside. It
> does not look like any of the usual pest species.
> By the way, my identification of the cockroach was wrong - the insect to
> the left of the woodlouse is an earwig, probably a *Forficula *species
> (also a visitor from outside).
> Regards,
> Tony
>
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> On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 at 13:17, Y. Kondo <
> yoshiko.kondo.conservat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tony
>>
>> Thank you so much indeed for your analysis. Now I started to understand.
>> So the body on the right of the pupa can be her skin, right?
>> (I add another photo)
>>
>> I just started on this year monitoring in the library and I recognise
>> that there are so many things to learn but it's so interesting and
>> fascinating!
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Best
>> Yoshiko
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2024年10月14日(月) 10:16 Dr Tony Irwin <dr.tony.ir...@gmail.com>:
>>
>>> Hi Yoshiko
>>> The first photo shows a moth pupa, which has presumably just wriggled
>>> free from a caterpillar's skin. The pupa has no ability to move any
>>> distance by itself, so there should be a caterpillar skin close by.
>>> Otherwise, the pupa must have been placed on the trap. The other creatures
>>> in the photo are a woodlouse, *Armadillidium *species (foreground) and
>>> a cockroach (left-hand side). The other photo shows a flesh-fly *Sarcophaga
>>> *(subgenus *Heteronychia*, probably) female which has responded to
>>> being trapped by laying live maggots, which surround her abdomen.
>>> Species of *Sarcophaga *are well-known for retaining their eggs until
>>> they hatch, so that their maggots have a good start in life (but not for
>>> these ones, sadly).
>>> An interesting, and unusual catch!
>>> Tony
>>>
>>> Dr A.G.Irwin
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>>> Norwich
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>>> England
>>>
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>>>
>>> On Sun, 13 Oct 2024 at 16:54, Y. Kondo <
>>> yoshiko.kondo.conservat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> hello all
>>>>
>>>> I've found these in the traps and I was wondering what they are.
>>>> I would appreciate if you can help me to understand.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> from Firenze, Italy
>>>> Yoshiko
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