Cardiacera sp. 1

Unknown.

Unknown.

This fly was approximately 9 millimetres long.

This fly was seen in November.

This species is in the Pyrgotidae family. Pyrgotid flies are parasites of scarab beetles. The females pursue scarab beetles in flight, laying an egg on the beetle’s back under the elytra (wing covers) where the beetle cannot reach it. The egg hatches and the fly larva enters the body cavity of the beetle, feeding and eventually killing the host before pupating.

Identification courtesy of David Knowles.

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrgotidae

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