Tachinid Fly Phasia hemiptera - male

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Parasitic to Heteroptera Bugs especially Common Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina and Forest Bug Pentatoma rufipes. Species is sexually dimorphic

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Size: 3401px × 5100px
Location: Freshfield Dune Heath, Formby, Sefton Coast, Merseyside, UK
Photo credit: © Sabena Jane Blackbird / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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