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Tachinid from mantid - Masiphya
Copyright © 2012 Brad Barnd

Tachinid from mantid - Masiphya
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Size: 8 mm
This came from a mantid (unknown sp.) collected in the fall of 2005. The fly emerged from the puparium on Feb 6, 2006. I don't have the date the tachinid exited the host.

Is this Masiphya?

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 3 June, 2012 - 4:30pm
Last updated 4 June, 2012 - 11:04am

excellent... thanks, colleagues
Moved from Tachinidae.
… v belov, 4 June, 2012 - 11:04am

Tachinidae: probably Masiphya sp.
Tachinidae: probably Masiphya sp....this does look like Masiphya
… Norm Woodley, 4 June, 2012 - 9:39am

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