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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Bee Flies (Bombyliidae) » Toxophorinae » Toxophora » Toxophora amphitea
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fly - Toxophora amphitea
Copyright © 2009 Matt Edmonds

fly - Toxophora amphitea
Pinellas County, Florida, USA
August 24, 2009
Size: .5 inch
ID please?
I have been watching this mud pot expecting to see a wasp hatch out but... SURPRISE. A fly (two actually) emerged. Was this a paracitized wasp pot?
added note: The "second fly" was the exoskeleton of the pictured fly.

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Contributed by Matt Edmonds on 24 August, 2009 - 8:56am
Last updated 13 September, 2012 - 9:39am

Moved
Moved from Toxophora.
… Joel Kits, 12 September, 2012 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

Parasitized
Not the clearest shot of the nest, but it looks like it must be a Eumenes pot.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 May, 2010 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… Matt Edmonds, 25 August, 2009 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 24 August, 2009 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

Quite an interesting fly, Matt.
Hope you get an ID. Suggestion: Move your post to Flies for expert attention.
… Ron Hemberger, 24 August, 2009 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

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