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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae)
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Tachinid Fly
Copyright © 2016 Aaron Eckley

Tachinid Fly
Monarch Research Station, Marion, Linn County, Iowa, USA
July 20, 2016
This Tachinid Fly was found in a rearing tent with monarch caterpillars. Is it a possible parasitoid of a monarch butterfly or a parasitoid of a monarch pest? Thanks.

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Contributed by Aaron Eckley on 20 July, 2016 - 5:36pm
Last updated 20 July, 2016 - 8:03pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 20 July, 2016 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

Don't know
It might be a Paradidyma, a genus with no published host records that I know of. Can you get a shot of the thorax and head from above?
… John F. Carr, 20 July, 2016 - 8:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Just posted a head/thorax sho
Just posted a head/thorax shot. Let me know if you need any other photos. Ir was hard to focus on all of the features under the viewing scope, so let me know if you need anything rephotographed.
… Aaron Eckley, 21 July, 2016 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

 
Can't tell
In a lateral view of the head, you may see a row of bristles in front of the eye.

Also repeat the shot you just added but moved a half frame towards the rear and refocussed.
… John F. Carr, 21 July, 2016 - 12:14pm login or register to post comments

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