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  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-19.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-488.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-31.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-519.jpg
  • a female phorid fly (Pseudacteon obtusus)  flies above red imported fire ants (solenopsis invicta) searching for an ant to implant with an egg. She uses the stabbing part of her ovipositor to pierce the thorax and implant the egg. After the egg hatches the larvae migrates to the ant's head, and kills the insect. This type of fire ant is an invasive species imported from South America, and the phorid fly is being introduced to parts of Texas to help control the population of introduced fire ants.
    fire_ant_phorid_fly_31609PhF-36.jpg
  • An Ichneumon wasp (Ichneunon sp) in flight. Photographed with a high-speed camera in an ponderosa pine forest / canyon habitat. NE Oregon.
    flying_Ichneumon_wasp_7406IWS1.jpg
  • A golden stonefly (Hesperoperla pacifica) carrying a load of parasitic mites in flight near the bank of the Metolius River. Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. Please note: this image has been digitally altered – a second insect, partially in frame, has been removed.
    parasites_on_stonefly_8405StoneF1.jpg
  • A carrion beetle (Nicrophorus carolinensis) in flight, Texas. Note the parasitic mites living on the exoskeleton.
    carrion_beetle_flying_92408TTb-410.jpg
  • A black and yellow mud dauber wasp (Sceliphron caementarium) photographed in flight with a high-speed camera.
    flying_wasp_7506SW5.jpg
  • A black and yellow mud dauber wasp (Sceliphron caementarium) photographed in flight with a high-speed camera.
    flying_wasp_7506WS4.jpg
  • A black and yellow mud dauber wasp (Sceliphron caementarium) photographed in flight with a high-speed camera.
    flying_wasp_7506WS2.jpg
  • A black and yellow mud dauber wasp (Sceliphron caementarium) photographed in flight with a high-speed camera.
    flying_wasp_7506WS1.jpg
  • A Blue Mud Wasp (Chalybion californicum) photographed with a high-speed camera. These wasps are known for feeding black widow spiders to their young. They also will take over the nests of black and yellow waps.
    Blue_Mud_Wasp_7506BMW2.jpg
  • A black and yellow mud dauber wasp (Sceliphron caementarium) photographed in flight with a high-speed camera.
    black_and_yellow_mud_dauber_wasp_740...jpg
  • A Blue Mud Wasp (Chalybion californicum) photographed with a high-speed camera. These wasps are known for feeding black widow spiders to their young. They also will take over the nests of black and yellow waps.
    Blue_Mud_Wasp_7506BMW1.jpg
  • a parastic fly (Pyrgota undata) (family pyrgotidae) in flight. These flies will lay an egg on the adult june beetle while in flight. Central Texas.
    parastic_fly_(Pyrgota_undata)_32009h...jpg
  • a parastic fly (Pyrgota undata) (family pyrgotidae) in flight. These flies will lay an egg on the adult june beetle while in flight. Central Texas.
    parastic_fly_(Pyrgota_undata)_32009h...jpg
  • Portrait of a parastic fly (Pyrgota undata) (family pyrgotidae). These flies will lay an egg on the adult june beetle while in flight. Central Texas.
    pyrgotidae_fly_32309PrygF1.jpg
  • A carrion beetle (Nicrophorus carolinensis) in flight, Texas. Note the parasitic mites living on the exoskeleton.
    carrion_beetle_flying_92408TTb-412.jpg
  • A vivid dancer damselfly (Argia vivida) resting on a salt heliotrope (Heliotropium Curassavicum). The Nature Conservancy's Whisper Lake Preserve, central Washington.
    vivid_blue_damselfly_61809Wl-15.jpg
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