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Fly ovipositing in antlion cone - Brachystoma - female
Copyright © 2018 Koen Breedveld

Fly ovipositing in antlion cone - Brachystoma - Female
Pit 4 Reach of the Pit River near Big Bend, Shasta County, California, USA
June 22, 2018
Size: 2-4 mm
Observed this fly landing and apparently ovipositing in antlion cones. She had a somewhat bulbous posterior part of her abdomen that she wiggled and stirred around in the sand at the upper part of the antlion cone.
Contributed by Koen Breedveld on 22 June, 2018 - 2:14pm
Last updated 25 July, 2018 - 6:29am

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 25 July, 2018 - 6:29am

Brachystoma?
Brachystoma?
… John F. Carr, 7 July, 2018 - 5:48am

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