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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Parasitic Flies (Tachinidae) » Exoristinae » Blondeliini » Medina
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tiny parasitic fly - Medina
Copyright © 2013 Dale and Elva Paulson

tiny parasitic fly - Medina
Lake in the Woods Reservoir, Douglas County, Oregon, USA
August 6, 2013
Size: 5 mm
On July 30, 2013 I found a tinydead beetle (6 mm) on the ground with a pupa attached. I took it home and on Aug 4 a little fly hatched out of the pupa ... but what kind of fly? The fly is 5 mm, almost as big as the beetle. My photo give a false impressing there is a dark band on the wings, but the wings are clear. Its long legs are somewhat visible through the transparent wings. I'm about to post a better photo of the beetle than the one I posted on July 30.

The location was rather bare ground with a pond nearby (lush vegetation) and lots of mixed evergreen forest surrounding the pond.

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Contributed by Dale and Elva Paulson on 6 August, 2013 - 6:21pm
Last updated 5 November, 2017 - 6:05pm

Moved
Moved from Blondeliini.
… John F. Carr, 5 November, 2017 - 6:05pm login or register to post comments

Probably Medina
Based on host and narrow frons, probably Medina.
… John F. Carr, 1 January, 2016 - 8:51pm login or register to post comments

 
How cool is that! I'm ticked
How cool is that! I'm ticked you took a careful look at my little fly.
… Dale and Elva Paulson, 5 November, 2017 - 6:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tachinidae.
… v belov, 22 October, 2013 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

Tachinidae, probably Blondeliini
Tachinidae, probably Blondeliini
… Norm Woodley, 22 October, 2013 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 August, 2013 - 5:20am login or register to post comments

Tachinidae -
If you still have the fly, could you post a photo of the head - frontal view, also lateral view, hopefully also showing more of the antennae.
… Hartmut Wisch, 6 August, 2013 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

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