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Certain sarcophagids develop as endoparasitoids of cicadas. Adult females are phonotaxic, homing in on the insect's song and depositing the active larva on the host. This mature larva emerging from a small cicada was observed shortly after the host insect was collected.
Specimen contributed by V. Belluz.
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