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Tribe Goniini

Fly on Leaf near a Creek - Belvosia Tachinid - Leschenaultia reinhardi - male Tachinid Fly - Belvosia borealis Tachinidae - female Guessing this is Goniini 23Jun2017.BF.HN.Dip4 - Leschenaultia Fly Reddish fly - Leschenaultia
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Tachinidae (Parasitic Flies)
Subfamily Exoristinae
Tribe Goniini
Numbers
ca. 200 spp. in 43 genera in our area(1)
Life Cycle
Usually oviparous and females lay microtype and microscopic eggs on host plants, typically near feeding damage.