Scott Bauer, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
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licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Image Number: 1319015
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Adult(s)
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Fire ants will try hard to avoid the sting of a phorid fly (top, center). Once deposited, an egg quickly hatches into a larva that eventually kills the host by decapitation. Shown about nine times actual size.
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Field
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Subject
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: Hexapoda |
| Class: Insecta |
| Infraclass: Neoptera |
| Subclass: Pterygota |
| Order: Diptera |
| Suborder: Brachycera |
| Infraorder: Cyclorrhapha |
| Superfamily: Aschiza |
| Family: Phoridae |
| Subfamily: Metopininae |
| Tribe: Metopinini |
| Genus: Pseudacteon |
| Subject: Pseudacteon spp. Coquillett 1907 |
Host
| Kingdom: Animalia |
| Phylum: Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: Hexapoda |
| Class: Insecta |
| Infraclass: Neoptera |
| Subclass: Pterygota |
| Order: Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: Apocrita |
| Superfamily: Vespoidea |
| Family: Formicidae |
| Subfamily: Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: Solenopsidini |
| Genus: Solenopsis |
| Subject: Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius) |
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Image uploaded:
Wednesday, March 5, 2003
Image last updated:
Monday, December 11, 2006
