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Pyrgota maculipennis - Boreothrinax maculipennis

Pyrgota maculipennis - Boreothrinax maculipennis
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA
March 22, 2009

Moved
Moved from Pyrgotidae.

Pyrgotidae!
Always nice to see these, but apparently they are more common than I once thought....Females attack May beetles in mid-air and force an egg between the beetle's abdominal plates. The larva that hatches becomes an internal parasite.

 
Eric- Thanks for the ID and t
Eric- Thanks for the ID and the infor.

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