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Waved Light Fly (Pyrgota undata): Pyrgotidae flying - fly is parasitic on june beetle adults (Phyllophaga spp.). It will fly at night and deposit an egg on the back of the beetle. The larvae will then hatch and become an endoparasite of the beetle.
image captured using high speed flash and laser triggered camera.
TEXAS: Bastrop Co.
Stengl "Lost Pines" Biological Station; University of Texas at Austin
Smithville
20.Mar.2009
J.C. Abbott
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John C. Abbott & Kendra K. Abbott/Abbott Nature Photography
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Waved Light Fly (Pyrgota undata): Pyrgotidae flying - fly is parasitic on june beetle adults (Phyllophaga spp.). It will fly at night and deposit an egg on the back of the beetle. The larvae will then hatch and become an endoparasite of the beetle.<br /> image captured using high speed flash and laser triggered camera.<br /> TEXAS: Bastrop Co.<br /> Stengl "Lost Pines" Biological Station; University of Texas at Austin<br /> Smithville<br /> 20.Mar.2009<br /> J.C. Abbott