TACHINID
© Raymond Small TQ4792 05/07/2017
Nowickia ferox
This Bluebottle-sized fly has yellowish sides to the abdomen and a zig-zagging central band. There are bristly hairs on the abdomen. It inhabits a range of locations for June until August. At the maggot stage this species preys on the Dark Arches moth from the inside before emerging to pupate.
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