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Crawling hitchhiker - Lipoptena cervi

Crawling hitchhiker - Lipoptena cervi
Pandapas Pond, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
September 10, 2018
Appressed and robust, I thought that this was a hypermetamophic larvae until I noticed the tiny wings. Found in a field with many bumblebees.

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Moved from Lipoptena.

Lipoptena cervi
Only two species possible in Virginia, this is L. cervi based on the color and size and arrangement of the abdominal tergites.

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Moved from Louse Flies.

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