Suillia tuberiperda, the truffle fly, is a European species of Heleomyzidae.

[1] Its larvae develop in truffles, a behavior exploited in the search for truffles.

The eggs are deposited in the soil above the fruiting bodies, and the emerging larvae dig for the truffles.

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