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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Dexiinae » Dexiini » Zelia
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Bold black and white tachinid - Zelia
Copyright © 2020 Jonas Insinga

Bold black and white tachinid - Zelia
Miller State Park, Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
August 22, 2020
Size: app. 1.25 cm
I keep seeing large mostly black-and-white tachinids on or beside hiking trails where ever I go.

This individual was found resting on a tree while hiking up Mount Monadnock. I didn't get an especially good full body shot because (a) the angle at which it was resting on the tree trunk (and it was hard to get a clear shot with things in the way of repositioning myself) and (b) it would move every time I took a photo (pretty sure the flash was startling the poor thing.) However, I did get photos that showed the details and setae of its the head and thorax.

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Contributed by Jonas Insinga on 23 August, 2020 - 1:01pm
Last updated 29 August, 2020 - 10:05am

Moved
Moved from Parasitic Flies.
… Jonas Insinga, 29 August, 2020 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

Probably Zelia...
...but not Z. vertebrata (https://bugguide.net/node/view/1140897) because it's second abdominal segment has two strong bristles.
… Jonas Insinga, 27 August, 2020 - 1:28pm login or register to post comments

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