TACHINID/C. which they lav
destrov the
These
Swift Flics. Their
their e^^s.
flies
larva- live
are parasitic on other insects, particiihirly on caterpillars, on and transform within the bodies of tiic caterpillars and thereby
latter.
TRICHOPODA.
Hycbrovi' Fly.
body red wing black with white stripes. wing black, hind edge clear. T. laiiipcs iV hind legs feathered. body rust yellow in. T. pciiiiipcs. legs feathered. hind lined wings reddish body blackish brown ill-: cilipcs. i /". 'fin.: black; first rings of body reddish wing clear edged. hirtipcs. hind legs feathered. black hind edge of wing white plumipcs. Yi, in. T.
T. formosa.
js i" i'l-
black with white stripes with white lines on chest chest gold with l)lack stripes
^'lest
':t
'/'.
l'l"'-"k
TACHINA. 1.
7'.
{y/iri>/ia)
hair 2.
'j
//r.v/r/v.
wing
light
brown
%
Snift Fly.
chest greenish l)lue black
l>otly
(Jiirii/ia) a/o-ens.
'f.
brown liead and shoulder brassy yellow scales white. '2 i"chest gray with black stripes; bod' (//ys/r/c/a) viv/ifa.
in.
legs light red.
chest gray with dark stripes body orange, legs black. dotted stripe blackish with a T. dis'iiiHcta. --sin.: chest gray with black lines body lilaek
7".
abriipta.
jj,;
in.
and white banticd. 6.
T.
(.Se>io»!ctop/a) larv;e feed
7.
/'.
eyes red
V
deep black
7'.
black spots and hair 4.
yellow-
scales brownish.
3.
body dark chestnut; head with
in.; blue black:
iiiilitaris
on the army
(Lvdclla) ilorvplior.c.
or
.cmoica
worm ami Their
beetle.
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destroy larva'
htca?itc.
Their
it.
feed
on the
potato
lii'lit
red with
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