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tachinids egg-laying on White-lined Sphinx moth caterpillar - Winthemia - female
Copyright © 2015 Arlene Ripley

tachinids egg-laying on White-lined Sphinx moth caterpillar - Winthemia - Female
El Morro National Monument campground, Cibola County, New Mexico, USA
August 24, 2015
Would like ID for this tachinid. Thanks.

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tachinids egg-laying on White-lined Sphinx moth caterpillar - Winthemia - female tachinids egg-laying on White-lined Sphinx moth caterpillar - Winthemia - female
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Contributed by Arlene Ripley on 29 August, 2015 - 11:25pm
Last updated 14 February, 2016 - 9:09am

Amazing oviposition series!
In the first photo here, one can already see the female fly at center "telescoping" (i.e. extending outward & forward here) the usually retracted terminal abdominal segments comprising its ovipositor.

But the second photo is a real eye-opener!
… Aaron Schusteff, 25 October, 2020 - 2:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tachinidae.
… John F. Carr, 14 February, 2016 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

Winthemia?
Based on appearance and host this might be Winthemia deilephilae. The species must be named after the genus Deilephila, where the the caterpillar species used to be.
… John F. Carr, 27 November, 2015 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 30 August, 2015 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

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