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Wasp Nest Flesh Fly - Sarcophaga - male
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Wasp Nest Flesh Fly - Sarcophaga - Male
Newmarket, York Region, Ontario, Canada
July 15, 2018
Size: 11 mm
Fully formed adult. A total of six had emerged from the hive of ~30 completed cells (50% occupied by larvae or pupae). P.384 of Marshall(1) mentions Sarcophaginae that attack social Hymenoptera.

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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 28 July, 2018 - 11:44am

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