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Photo#373343
Tachinid Fly - Ormia reinhardi - male

Tachinid Fly - Ormia reinhardi - Male
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
July 28, 1989
Size: 7 mm
ID help appreciated.

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Tachinid Fly - Ormia reinhardi - male Tachinid Fly - Ormia reinhardi - male Tachinid Fly - Ormia reinhardi - male

Moved
Moved from Ormia.

Male
This is a male. Females have more widely separated eyes and lack the enlarged costa between the tips of R1 and R2+3.

Moved
Moved from Flies.

Tachinidae: Ormia sp.
Tachinidae: Ormia sp.....these are parasites of singing crickets..they are attracted by the cricket songs

 
Interesting.
I added a view from the front. Thanks for your help.

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