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Snail-eating Fly

Trypetoptera punctulata

Description:

Very small fly. "The members of this family deposit their eggs near snails and the larvae eat the snail. There is some evidence that the adults also kill snails directly. This means that the members of this family are useful in biological pest control." Quote from the website in the references.

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Sintija Valucka
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Sintija Valucka

Kurzeme, Latvia

Spotted on Sep 4, 2013
Submitted on Sep 27, 2013

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