Sawfly Larvae Parasitic Fly - ? sp.
Family Tachinidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Tachinid Flies Subfamily Tachininae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 10mm.
- This fly was checking a group of sawfly larvae. The fly has the grey thorax and brownish-yellow abdomen.
- The above pictures show a Tachinid Fly checking the Leaf Beetle Larvae and about to lay eggs on the larvae. The white eggs of the fly are attached on the body of the larva. The egg hatches into maggot and bores into the body of the Leaf Beetle larva, develops inside and kill the larva.
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