sluipvlieg

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sluipvlieg f (plural sluipvliegen, diminutive sluipvliegje n)

  1. a parasitic fly belonging to family Tachinidae
    • 2011, Arno van Stipdonk, Theo Zeegers, “Eiafzet van de sluipvlieg Phorocera grandis op de eikenprocessierups Thaumetopoea processionea (Diptera: Tachinidae, Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae)”, in Nederlandse Faunistische Mededelingen, volume 35, pages 69–72:
      Op de nesten werd een aantal sluipvliegen (Tachinidae) aangetroffen, die steeds weer op de nesten met rupsen gingen zitten.
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