Life On A Quarter Acre

Genus Cylindromyia

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Taxonomy

Cylindromyia is a genus of Tachinid flies that are parisitoids of stink bugs (Pentatomidae). The female lays an egg on the abdomen of an adult stink bug; when the egg hatches the larva burrows into the bug and feeds on its insides, eventuall killing it. I often find Cylindromyia nectaring on flowers in the yard.

Resources
Bugs with Mike
First record of Cylindromyia bicolor (Diptera: Tachinidae) as an adult parasitoid of Halyomorpha halys (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in the world
NC State Extension: Cylindromyia Fly