tachinid

Reproductive strategies vary greatly between Tachinid species, largely, but not always clearly, according to their respective life cycles.

The introduced Tachinid Fly poses additional threat to the beautiful caterpillars of this species.

Senostoma is a genus of parasitoid tachinid flies in the family Tachinidae.

The Larva are attached by the Tachinid fly Actia nudibasis.

Parasites include the tachinid flies Sturmia convergens and Lesperia archippivora.

Many Tachinid eggs hatch quickly, having partly developed inside the mother's uterus, which is long and often coiled for retaining developing eggs.

Rhinophorids - when a tachinid isn't a tachinid!

S. bullata lacks the postscutellum, the large swelling underneath the scutellum of the thorax, which distinguishes the flesh fly from Tachinid.

Larva feed on pupae of tachinid and ichneumonid parasitoids of the pine processionary caterpillar, Thaumetopoea pityocampa.

In 2007 Smith et al. expanded on these results by barcoding 2,134 flies belonging to what appeared to be the 16 most generalist of the ACG tachinid morphospecies.

Exhyalanthrax afer has been reared from pupae of tachinid and ichneumonid parasitoids of Thaumetopoea pityocampa and from the pupae of this species and other Lepidoptera.

In contrast there is a dramatic difference between the newly-born larvae of some ovolarviparous tachinid and Sarcophagid flies and the parents, making it equally easy to argue that they should be classed as ovolarviparous.

Many Tachinids are important natural enemies of major insect pests, and some species actually are used in biological pest control; for example, many species of Tachinid flies have been introduced into North America from their native lands as biocontrols to suppress populations of alien pests.

If you want to encourage Braconid Wasps and Tachinid Flies, plant some flowers between your crops: umbels such as caraway, herb fennel, coriander and Ammi majus, and simple open flowers such as California poppies and pot marigolds, as well as yarrows.

There are conopid flies (the entire genus Stylogaster) that are obligate associates of army ant raids, and females lay their eggs on insects (mostly crickets and roaches) flushed into the open by the ants, and there are also some tachinid flies that are somewhat similar in behavior.

Like all tachinid flies, acemyiines are parasitoids of other invertebrates.

The green and white caterpillar is attacked by several natural enemies (notably Tachinid flies and Braconid wasps).

Like most tachinid flies, the female lays her eggs on other insects, the larvae then develop inside the living host, devouring it and eventually killing it.

Like all tachinid flies, Trigonospila are parasitoids of other arthropods, however host records are sparse for all Trigonospila species.

Other common parasitoids include the tachinid fly Trigonospila brevifacies, the braconid wasp Glyptapanteles demeter, and the bethylid wasp Goniozus jacintae.