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Silver Fly Pupa (29646062735)

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Description: Leucopis sp. Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA. Leucopis larvae are predators of plant-parasitic Hemiptera. I think Leucopis argenticollis and L. piniperda. are the only Leucopis species in the eastern U.S. They were introduced here to control hemlock woolly adelgid: www.srs.fs.usda.gov/compass/2015/05/27/bad-news-for-the-h.. www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=news&storyID=21026 Looks like this guy was moonlighting on those aphids. Date: 3 September 2016, 17:09. Source: Silver Fly Pupa. Author: Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA. Camera location38° 58′ 05.82″ N, 77° 03′ 10.06″ W View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 38.968284; -77.052794.

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