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The larvae emerge in 24 hours and feed for a period between 8 and 16 days, before crawling to a drier spot to pupate. The phorid fly's egg-to-adult life cycle can be as short as 14 days, but may take up to 37 days. Many species of phorid flies are specialist parasitoids of ants, but several species in the tropics are parasitoids of stingless ...
Apocephalus borealis is a species of North American parasitoid phorid fly that attacks bumblebees, honey bees, and paper wasps.This parasitoid's genus Apocephalus is best known for the "decapitating flies" that attack a variety of ant species, though A. borealis attacks and alters the behavior of bees and wasps. [1]
Phormia regina, the black blow fly, belongs to the blow fly family Calliphoridae and was first described by Johann Wilhelm Meigen. [1] The black blow fly's wings are specialized with a sharp bend. These flies also have well-developed calypters. Blow flies generally are about the size of a house fly or a little larger, and many are metallic blue ...
Pseudacteon tricuspis is a species of the Pseudateon genus and a member of the family Phoridae, which is commonly called scuttle flies, humped-back flies, and phorid flies. [2] Eight native Pseudacteon species parasitize native fire ants in the United States (Plowes 2009). The adult P. tricuspis flies are 0.9-1.5mm in length. [3]
The fly Megaselia scalaris (often called the laboratory fly) is a member of the order Diptera and the family Phoridae, and it is widely distributed in warm regions of the world. The family members are commonly known as the "humpbacked fly", the "coffin fly", and the "scuttle fly". [ 2 ]
Melaloncha is a genus of phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) commonly referred to as "bee-killing flies". They are found almost exclusively in the Neotropical realm, although there is one record from extreme southern Texas, United States. [4] They are small flies, usually about 2–3 millimetres (0.08–0.12 in) in length.
Black flies are very small, just a bit bigger than gnats, and tend to gather in swarms. Stable flies look a lot like a typical house fly, except they have a protruding mouthpart to feed on (mostly ...
Beckerina is a genus of flies in the family Phoridae. Species. B. aequatoriana Borgmeier & Prado, 1975 [3] B. aliena Malloch, 1924 [4] B. burmicola Beyer, 1958 [5]