Cacoxenus indagator

Cacoxenus indagator is a species of fruit fly.

[1] It is a kleptoparasite, laying its eggs in the pollen-filled nest cells of mason bees.

[2] On account of its ability to break out of those cells once hatched, it is commonly known as the Houdini fly.

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Cacoxenus indagator at a newly closed nest of Osmia cornuta