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Sarcophaga kelly

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  • Flesh fly (Sarcophaga)
    flesh fly

    …of the best-known species (Sarcophaga kelly) is a grasshopper parasite. The female deposits larvae, or maggots, on the underside of a grasshopper’s wings. The maggots burrow into, and feed on, its internal organs, and when fully developed they exit the grasshopper and enter the pupal stage in the soil.…

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    …of the best-known species (Sarcophaga kelly) is a grasshopper parasite. The female deposits larvae, or maggots, on the underside of a grasshopper’s wings. The maggots burrow into, and feed on, its internal organs, and when fully developed they exit the grasshopper and enter the pupal stage in the soil.…

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