Tachinid Flies (Tachinidae)

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Over 1300 species in over 300 genera in this large family of flies. Most are parasitic on other organisms such that the larvae develop (eat) inside their host species.

	Red Tachinid Fly (Adejeania vexatrix) Missoula Co., MT 12 Sep 2013 This is a large and attractive fly!
	Red Tachinid Fly (Adejeania vexatrix) Missoula Co., MT 12 Sep 2013
	Red Tachinid Fly (Adejeania vexatrix) Missoula Co., MT 12 Sep 2013
	Red Tachinid Fly (Adejeania vexatrix) Missoula Co., MT 12 Sep 2013

	Feather-legged Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) Powerline right-of-way in Orange Co., NC 14 Aug 2011 Identified by matching images in Bugguide. Black abdomen tip indicates this is a female.
	Feather-legged Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) Powerline right-of-way in Orange Co., NC 14 Aug 2011 This genus has a feather-like comb on its hindlegs.
	Feather-legged Fly (Trichopoda pennipes) Powerline right-of-way in Orange Co., NC 14 Aug 2011

Trichopoda plumipes Tachinid fly
Sandhills Gamelands, Scotland Co., NC
14 June 2008

ID based on matching images in bugguide.net.

Tachinid fly Zelia vertebrata
Wake Co., NC
12 Oct 2005

	Perhaps a Peleteria sp.? Durham Co., NC 5 Aug 2006
	Perhaps a Peleteria sp.? Durham Co., NC 5 Aug 2006

	Unidentified Tachinid fly Mixed pine/hardwood forest in Durham Co., NC 27 Sep 2009
	Unidentified Tachinid fly Mixed pine/hardwood forest in Durham Co., NC 27 Sep 2009

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