Genus Paradejeania - Spiny Tachina Fly

Classification · Numbers · Food · Internet References

Tachinid in Chrysothamnus - Paradejeania

Tachinidae fly - Paradejeania rutilioides

Flower/Bee Fly at Vetter Mountain, CA - Paradejeania rutilioides

Spiny Tachina fly - Paradejeania rutilioides

ZION PARK INSECT - Paradejeania rutilioides

perhaps a tachinid fly - Paradejeania rutilioides

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Tachinidae

Subfamily Tachininae

Tribe Tachinini

Genus Paradejeania (Spiny Tachina Fly)

Numbers

Only one species in this genus in the U.S., per Norm Woodley.

Food

Adults eat nectar. Larvae are parasites of caterpillars, specially tiger moths.

Internet References

Backyard Biology

Contributed by Chen Young on 29 September, 2005 - 2:14pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, kschnei
Last updated 8 April, 2009 - 12:40pm

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