Two species of phorid flies are being used to control

fire ants. The fly
a. is a parasitoid of the fire ant.
b. lays an egg in the ant’s soft internal tissues.
c. produces a larva that eats the ant’s interior.
d. larva uses the ant’s empty head as a
metamorphosis chamber.
e. fits all of these descriptions.


Answer: e

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