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 Tachnid Fly

Photos by Debbie Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.

Description and Biology of the Tachinid Fly

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tachinid fly on tomato

 

close-up of tachind fly on broccoli

 

tachinid fly on broccoli

 

spined soldier bug with tachinid fly egg laid on its shoulder; the parasitic tachinid fly larva will hatch and consume the bug

 

close-up of tachinid fly egg on spined soldier bug shoulder

 

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