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Gold Headed Tachinid Fly

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Description:

Large Tachinid fly of about 1.5 cm in length with a gold colored head and shiny black abdomen. These flies are parasites as larvae on other insects.

Habitat:

Heavy shrubbery along the highway between San Cristobal de Las Casas and Tuxtla Gutierrez, km 11.5, 865 meters.

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