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Conopid fly

Description:

These flies lay their eggs actually on bumble bees and when the larvae hatch out they proceed to eat the bumble bee alive.

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9 Comments

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

New pic added

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

Thanx for that link Ashis

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago
Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

Thank u JuanDiTrani

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

This is a Conopid fly

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Like a Mud Dauber wasp.

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

it has a kind of tail or maybe a sting

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Strange indeed! :)

Ismael Chaves
Ismael Chaves 12 years ago

i had never seen a fly with a tail

Ismael Chaves
Spotted by
Ismael Chaves

San Jose, Heredia, Costa Rica

Spotted on Oct 9, 2011
Submitted on Oct 9, 2011

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