Tachinidae
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walwyn Wed, 05/20/2009 - 00:03


Tachinidae is the second largest family of flies with 8,200 species. All are parasitoids (the larvae develop inside a living host, ultimately killing it), and a few that are parasitic (do not kill the host). Most attack the larvae of Lepidoptera and are an important biological control comparable with the Hymenoptera parasitoids.