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Houdini fly at mason bee house - Cacoxenus indagator

Houdini fly at mason bee house - Cacoxenus indagator
Swarthmore, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA
April 14, 2020
Size: 2 mm
I believe this is Cacoxenus indagator.

iNaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42403885.

Houdini fly spreading
Crown Bees reports that this fly is now parasitizing mason bees in Oregon & Washington. A video at their website includes methods of control. I'm seeing a lot of maggots that I believe are from Houdini fly in my mason bee tubes this month.

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