Genus Coptera Coptera from Swarthmore, PA 19081, USA on November 9, 2025 at 02:07 PM by Colin Purrington. Found in yellow pan trap next to a container of approximately 200 *Rhagoletis suavis* puparia. Th...

I only managed to photograph a single adult last year. #coptera #diapriidae www.inaturalist.org/observations...

Pupa the size of a grain of barley, glowing slightly from within and revealing the outlines of hundreds of small cells and a darker branching pattern that might be the circulatory system of the metamorphosing fly.

Puparium of a walnut husk maggot fly (Rhagoletis suavis), backlit to show innards. Was wondering whether I could find parasitized ones but I don't think the light is strong enough. #diptera #flies #tephritidae #coptera