Red spotted parasite fly
The red spotted parasite fly is a bristly fly with a grey striped back and orange patches on the sides of its tail end. Its face shines silvery. It is common in sunny meadows and along hedges.
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Fun facts
Its larvae grow inside caterpillars of grass moths, tiger moths, lappet moths and ermine moths.
The grown-up flies are out from July to October.
There is only one family of these flies each year.
Its back has four narrow black stripes.
Most asked questions about Red spotted parasite fly
?Is the red spotted parasite fly dangerous?
No. It is harmless to people. Its larvae only live inside caterpillars.
?Where can I see the red spotted parasite fly?
On flowers like hogweed in sunny meadows, fields and hedges from July to October.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Eriothrix rufomaculata
- Group
- Flies and mosquitoes
- Family
- Tachinidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Diptera > Tachinidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
Where the facts come from
- Eriothrix rufomaculata (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by James K. Lindsey. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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