Subject: Pyrgotid Fly, Family Pyrgotidae, Sphecomyiella valida

Location: Neshoba County, Mississippi

Stock Number: 06-24068

Comment: This species is one of three Nearctic species in the genus. The range of S. valida includes much of eastern north America, as far north as Ontario and Massachusetts, and as far south as Florida and Mississippi.

The larvae are endoparasitic on June Beetles and other Scarabs.