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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Exoristinae » Exoristini
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Tachinidae: Monarch parasitoid
Copyright © 2012 Robert Gorman

Tachinidae: Monarch parasitoid
San Clemente, Orange County, California, USA
December 23, 2012
Reared from caterpillar of Monarch butterfly

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Tachinidae: Monarch parasitoid Tachinidae: Monarch parasitoid
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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 24 December, 2012 - 8:57am
Last updated 27 December, 2012 - 3:36pm

Moved
Moved from Exoristinae.
… v belov, 27 December, 2012 - 3:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Good catch
Sorry, was trying to do too many things simultaneously.
… Ben Coulter, 27 December, 2012 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ben Coulter, 27 December, 2012 - 2:51pm login or register to post comments

Tachinidae: probably Exoristini
Tachinidae: probably Exoristini...these photos are very dark...this could be Chetogena but that is a guess
… Norm Woodley, 27 December, 2012 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

Popular host
Around six genera parasitize Monarchs.
… John F. Carr, 24 December, 2012 - 1:32pm login or register to post comments

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