I wasn't that excited about this stock standard photo of a darkling beetle (Eleodes goryi), until I noticed the parasitic tachinid fly egg attached above the insect's midleg. This beetle is on borrowed time.

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Erdwanzenfliegen (Phania funesta) legen ihre Eier an Erdwanzenlarven ab, die sie parasitieren. Die Bilder, die an derselben Blüte an aufeinanderfolgenden Tagen entstanden sind, zeigen vermutlich dasselbe Exemplar.

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My teen took this cool picture of a feather-legged fly (𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘥𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴) while on our last hike at Thompson Park:

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