The tachinid parasitoids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of the pine processionary moth ( Thaumetopoea pityocampa ) were studied in 2019 and 2020 Eastern Rhodopes (Fotinovo, Kandilka Sarnak vills.), Western (Dobrostan vill.) Struma Valley (town Sandanski). In total, 1193 larvae pupae T. collected 40-50-year-old Pinus nigra plantations. They transported observed laboratory conditions at 20-22 °&am...

Diaugia angusta Perty, 1833 is a Neotropical species of Tachinidae (Diptera) reported here as a parasitoid of Metamasius ensirostris (Germar, 1824) and Metamasius hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae) in Brazil. Several species of Dryophthoridae and Curculionidae cause damage to bromeliad and palm species, and most are regarded as pests. In the present study, the male and fem...

The uzifly, Exorista sorbillans (Diptera: Tachinidae), a parasitoid of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae), harbours Wolbachia (Rickettsia) endosymbionts. Administration of 0.05 mg/ml oxytetracycline to the adult uziflies removed Wolbachia endosymbionts and resulted in different reproductive disorders, such as i) reduction in fecundity of uninfected females, ii) cytoplasmic i...

This article is the third and last of a series models developed to investigate impact climate on spatiotemporal biology parasitoids. After two earlier papers investigating Tranosema rostrale Meteorus trachynotus, this concerns tachinid fly Actia interrupta (Diptera: Tachinidae). An individual-based model seasonal A. was determine its interactions with hosts, spruce budworm Choristoneura fumifer...