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Tachinid eggs on Leptoglossus

Tachinid eggs on Leptoglossus
Peace Valley, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
June 12, 2004
I never thought of submitting a close up of these Tachinid eggs, but the parasitoid eggs are perhaps more interesting than the host itself (Leptoglossus occidentalis).
It may be Trichopoda pennipes which is known to parasitize Leptoglossus spp.
The host is here:


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