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wierd looking wasp/fly - Monoceromyia floridensis - female
Copyright © 2006 Charles Weber

wierd looking wasp/fly - Monoceromyia floridensis - Female
Plantation, Fort Lauderdale County, Florida, USA
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Contributed by Charles Weber on 27 September, 2006 - 1:36am
Last updated 7 June, 2021 - 10:33pm

Moved
Moved from Ceriana.
… Martin Hauser, 12 May, 2009 - 7:52pm

This is amazing, you caught t
This is amazing, you caught this species ovopositing! They lay their eggs in the sap flow of tree wounds but the biology is not known from all species. This species is endemic to Florida by the way...
… Martin Hauser, 12 May, 2009 - 7:52pm

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