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Genus Apocephalus - Ant-decapitating Flies

Apocephalus borealis · Apocephalus coquilletti · Apocephalus framea

Species Apocephalus borealis

Unknown insect on back of Bee - Apocephalus borealis

Species Apocephalus coquilletti

Phorid - Apocephalus coquilletti - female

phorid hovers above Camponotus pennsylvanicus at bait - Apocephalus coquilletti - female

Species Apocephalus framea

Ants, scales, and phorid fly? - Apocephalus framea

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