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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Nematocera" (Non-Brachycera) » Mosquitoes and Midges (Culicomorpha) » Biting Midges (Ceratopogonidae) » Forcipomyiinae » Forcipomyia » Forcipomyia fuliginosa
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and parasitic fly. - Forcipomyia fuliginosa - female
Copyright © 2009 © Stephen J. Krasemann

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and parasitic fly. - Forcipomyia fuliginosa - Female
South Gillies, Pearson, Ontario, Canada
August 28, 2008
Can you tell me what sp. of fly is sitting on the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Caterpillar?
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Contributed by BKrasemann on 10 November, 2009 - 7:44pm
Last updated 7 August, 2014 - 3:05pm

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Apparently there is only one species on caterpillars in North America.
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Forcipomyia?
Forcipomyia drinks the blood of other insects and looks vaguely like that, but has longer antennae.
… John F. Carr, 5 December, 2010 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request. Would it be possible to add an enlarged image that is cropped more closely to the fly?
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