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Tangle-veined Fly

Nemestrina reticulata

About

A rare fly with an extremely long proboscis adapted for feeding on deep-tubed flowers while hovering. Its larvae are parasitoids of grasshopper eggs in the soil.

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Did You Know?

Its proboscis can be longer than its entire body, allowing it to reach nectar in flowers that no other fly can access.