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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Aschiza" » Platypezoidea » Scuttle Flies (Phoridae)
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Fly--possibly associated with digger bees - female
Copyright © 2011 Harlan Ratcliff

Fly--possibly associated with digger bees - Female
rural, Dallas County, Iowa, USA
July 3, 2011
Size: 2-3 mm
This seems to be a gravid female. I was observing the mud nests around the digger bee Anthophora abrupta. These small flies seem to be breeding right in front of the nests, then they seem to enter the little tubular nest. Are they parasites or are they associated in some way with the nests?
I have more photos at my blog: http://therousedbear.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/digger-bees/
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Contributed by Harlan Ratcliff on 3 July, 2011 - 9:28pm
Last updated 14 August, 2011 - 7:47pm

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