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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Twisted-winged Insects (Strepsiptera) » Stylopidae » Halictoxenos
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3rd time's a charm - Halictoxenos - male - female
Copyright © 2014 Scott Ditzel

3rd time's a charm - Halictoxenos - Male Female
Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia, USA
August 18, 2014
Posted an image of this scene last year. Found another last week & then today, found what's about the best image showing the parasitization... Halictoxenos male copulating with its mate which is inside of the abdomen of the larger Lasioglossum

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3rd time's a charm - Halictoxenos - male - female 3rd time's a charm - Halictoxenos
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Contributed by Scott Ditzel on 18 August, 2014 - 9:23am
Last updated 12 April, 2015 - 5:31am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 29 August, 2014 - 11:35am login or register to post comments

Great find
Bee is subgenus Dialictus
… John S. Ascher, 18 August, 2014 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

Sweeet!
Gorgeous catch! Thanks much for showing this to us.
… john and jane balaban, 18 August, 2014 - 3:22pm login or register to post comments

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