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According to BugGuide, females flick eggs into the tunnels of Tiphia and Bembix americana spinolae, where their larvae feed on the wasp larvae.

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Source: Wikipedia

Exoprosopa fascipennis

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Bombyliidae
Genus:	Exoprosopa
Species:	E. fascipennis
Binomial name
*Exoprosopa fascipennis* (Say, 1824)
Synonyms^[1]
Anthrax fascipennis Say, 1824 Exoprosopa coniceps Macquart, 1850 Exoprosopa melanura Bigot, 1892 Exoprosopa philadelphica Macquart, 1840

Exoprosopa fascipennis is a species of bee fly in the family Bombyliidae.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It is widespread in North America, ranging across most of southern Canada and the United States, and is also reported from Cuba.^[5] The larvae are ectoparasites of solitary wasp larvae.^[6]

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^ ^a ^b "Exoprosopa fascipennis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
^ "Exoprosopa fascipennis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
^ "Exoprosopa fascipennis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
^ "Exoprosopa fascipennis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
^ "World Catalogue of Bee Flies". Bishop Museum. Retrieved 2024-12-04.
^ Marshall, S. A. (2017). Insects: their natural history and diversity with a photographic guide to insects of eastern North America (Second ed.). Buffalo, New York: Firefly Books Ltd. p. 459. ISBN 9781770859623.

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