Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unknown 4 mm fly -> Anthomyiidae -> Delia radicum/floralis/planipalpis group

Posted by Tony Irwin on 11-04-2010 22:57
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Looks rather like Leucophora - an anthomyiid that specialises in parasitising mining bees by taking over their nests. It was probably waiting for a suitable host to appear.