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Squash bug with Tachinid egg? - Anasa tristis
Copyright © 2014 Tim Turner

Squash bug with Tachinid egg? - Anasa tristis
Beavercreek, Greene County, Ohio, USA
July 14, 2014
I presume this is Anasa tristis - Squash Bug. Is that a Tachinid egg (or two?) attached above the left rear leg? I often see Trichopoda pennipes flies in my yard. Photographed on 'New England Pie' Pumpkin.

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Contributed by Tim Turner on 18 July, 2014 - 11:54pm
Last updated 19 July, 2014 - 9:59am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Tim Turner, 19 July, 2014 - 9:59am

Yes…
This does appear to be A. tristis. It's quite possible that T. pennipes, a tachinid which you mentioned you have seen, may have parasitized this bug.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 19 July, 2014 - 12:10am

 
Thank you
for the confirmation, Ross.
… Tim Turner, 19 July, 2014 - 9:59am

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