tachina fly

1. 1.

   bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects

   Broaderfly

   Part ofTachinidae

Questions about tachina fly

What does tachina fly mean?

tachina fly means "bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects".

Is tachina fly a common word?

tachina fly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.