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 Fly on weevil eye. What family? Punta Arenas, Chile
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| Stephen |
Posted on 15-01-2019 00:25
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
This fly was walking on the eye of a large Curculionid. What family, please? (Of course, any more detailed ID is also welcome.)
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| Stephen |
Posted on 15-01-2019 00:28
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Here the fly was walking toward the posterior of the beetle. Not sure if the fly requires the beetle for some aspect of its life cycle, or if it was just perching there, since every fly has to perch somewhere.
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| John Carr |
Posted on 15-01-2019 01:37
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10172 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Tachinidae. A few genera are beetle parasites (plus most or all of the tribe Dexiini, which this does not belong to). |
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