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Family
Tachinidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Large Green Parasitic Flies Subfamily Dexiinae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Subfamily Dexiinae, tribe Rutiliini, body length 20mm
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- This is the largest Tachinid fly that we saw. Its hairy
body was metallic green in colour, with dark patches near the base of the
wings.
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- Pictures taken in Yugarapul
Park and Alexandra Hill, mid summer. This fly larvae parasites on Scarab
Beetle larvae.
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- They are usually found in forest or
semi-forest, resting with heading downwards on tree trunk about a meter from
ground.
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- From those pictures that we were taken, we noticed that
this fly likes to rest on large Paper Bark tree trunk.
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- Reference:
- 1. Wildlife
of Tropical North Queensland - Queensland Museum Publications 2000, p109.
- 2. A
field guide to insects in Australia - By Paul Zborowski and Ross
Storey, Reed New Holland, 1996, p149.
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