Ceratitis capitata pupae, 4 and 5 days old, reared at different larval population densities were exposed to a solitary endoparasitoid of fruit fly pupae, Coptera occidentalis. A significantly higher percentage of parasitization and that of parasitoid emergence was recorded in smaller pupae originating from high larval density. Sex ratio in parasitoid progeny was not influenced by size of host puparia.