Black pupal case of <i>Cryptochaetum iceryae</i> fly attached to a cottony cushion scale, <i>Icerya purchasi,</i> which the parasite killed and emerged from after feeding during its larval stage.
Black pupal case of Cryptochaetum iceryae fly attached to a cottony cushion scale, Icerya purchasi, which the parasite killed and emerged from after feeding during its larval stage.
Credit: Jack Kelly Clark