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The parasiting Hymenoptera often have long thin ovipositors it can use as needles to inject eggs into the host, but Tachinidae are often quite sturdy, bristly and clumpsy looking. Someone mentioned a Tachinids "bite" on a larva. I doubt they actually bite the host, but I don't know. Well, this triggered my question - How do the Tachinidae flies inject their vicious eggs into the hosts?