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Also Known As	Tachinidae

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red-tailed tachinid Centeter cinerea Ptychomyia remota Ceromasia sphenophori Compsilura concinnata parasitoid Calyptrata blow fly bot fly anthomyiid fly flesh fly dung fly

wasp. Vespid Wasp (Vespidaea) with antennas and compound eyes drink nectar from a cherry. Hornets largest eusocial wasps, stinging insect in the order Hymenoptera, related to bees. Pollination

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