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10-JUN-2011 Christine Hanrahan

Tachinid fly (Hemyda aurata)

While on the Russell BioBlitz today, I found this tachinid fly and was happy to see this new (to me) tachinid fly. I have seen the very similar Cylindromyia interrupta many times, but not this one. They are apparently parasitic on certain species of stink bugs.

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
1/400s f/5.0 at 46.5mm iso100 full exif

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an nguyen11-Jun-2011 03:07
Whoa , what an amazing details .
Carl Carbone11-Jun-2011 03:05
It's amazing how many different things we can see if we just look!
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