Subject: Big-Headed Fly, Family Pipunculidae, Cephalops sp.

Location: Upshur County, West Virginia

Stock Number: 06-38156

Comment: These scarce flies derive their common name from the hemisphere of a head, which is almost completely covered by the fly's enormous eyes. Most species are only 3 to 5 mm in length.

Members of this family are parasitoids on leaf hoppers and other Homopterans.