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Auchmeromyia luteola

Auchmeromyia luteola.jpg Beak of hemipteronThumbnailsArgus persicus. Capitulum of maleBeak of hemipteronThumbnailsArgus persicus. Capitulum of maleBeak of hemipteronThumbnailsArgus persicus. Capitulum of maleBeak of hemipteronThumbnailsArgus persicus. Capitulum of maleBeak of hemipteronThumbnailsArgus persicus. Capitulum of maleBeak of hemipteronThumbnailsArgus persicus. Capitulum of male

Auchmeromyia luteola, the Congo floor maggot. This is a muscid of grewsome habits, which has a wide distribution throughout Africa. The fly deposits its eggs on the ground of the huts of the natives.