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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Exoristinae » Blondeliini » Eucelatoria
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Satellite Fly larva on host - Eucelatoria
Copyright © 2015 cwmelton

Satellite Fly larva on host - Eucelatoria
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, along Charleston Road, 1 mile east of San Pedro River., Cochise County, Arizona, USA
October 22, 2014
An Ammophila female was seen with a paralyzed Helicoverpa zea larva on 10-21-14. It was observed taking it to a nest burrow and the burrow was closed. Upon opening up the burrow there were two paralyzed Helicoverpa zea larvae with a single Ammophila egg. The next day the Ammophila egg was gone and this fly larva was feeding on the paralyzed larva. The image of the Ammophila female with host larva and the image of the wasp egg on paralyzed host can be viewed at:
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Contributed by cwmelton on 11 April, 2015 - 7:00pm
Last updated 3 September, 2016 - 9:26pm

Moved
Moved from Eucelatoria bryani. On second thought, I'd rather not base the species ID so much on the host.
… John F. Carr, 3 September, 2016 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Satellite Flies.
… John F. Carr, 3 September, 2016 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

Not Miltogramminae
I can't say everything that went on in this sequence, but what you got in the end was a Tachinidae parasite, probably Eucelatoria bryani. Maybe there were two maggots, or maybe the paralysis triggered abdnormal behavior by a single larva which would normally remain inside.
… John F. Carr, 3 September, 2016 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

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