Cacoxenus indagator Loew, 1858 is a animal in the Drosophilidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Cacoxenus indagator Loew, 1858
Cacoxenus indagator, the Houdini fly, is a kleptoparasitic fruit fly native to central and southern Europe.
Cacoxenus indagator is a species of fruit fly that is native to central and southern Europe. This species is a kleptoparasite; it lays its eggs inside the pollen-filled nest cells of mason bees. Because newly hatched individuals of this species are able to break out of these sealed nest cells, the species is commonly referred to as the Houdini fly.
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Zaprionus indianus Gupta, 1970
Drosophila immigrans Sturtevant, 1921
Chymomyza amoena (Loew, 1862)
Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931)
Drosophila melanogaster Meigen, 1830
Scaptomyza pallida (Zetterstedt, 1847)
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