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Tom Murray | all galleries >> Arthropods - Arthropoda >> Insects - Insecta >> Flies - Diptera >> Soldier Flies - Stratiomyidae > Ptecticus trivittatus
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13-AUG-2004

Ptecticus trivittatus

Harvard, Ma.

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Paul Beuk 25-Aug-2004 06:49
A nice specimen of Ptecticus, a soldier fly. Larvae live in decaying plant matter: several southeast Asian species in bamboo shoots, P. testaceus in Costa Rica appears to synchromize with fruit-setting in mango.

Paul