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Yellow humpback fly, Psilodera valid, Acroceridae (small-headed flies)

Found in South Africa

Photos by mariedelport

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The larvae of these flies are spiny, hairy maggots that can run (using an inchworm style motion) and jump and all on their own they hunt down spiders, then enter the spider through a leg joint and live parasitically in their organs for sometimes years, depending on the spider’s lifespan


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