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Tangle-veined Fly

Photo by Ingrid3
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Field Notes

Description:

Family Nemestrinidae, pointy and recurved abdominal tip

Habitat:

perched on a grass blade, non-moving, many individuals on grass stems, dark and visible in the landscape

Notes:

larvae parasitic on grasshoppers

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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedNovember 18, 2013

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