The Tachinid Fly: A Parasitic Fly With Pest-Control Potential. Some types of flies might be a bother with their stinging bite and buzzing voice. ... Tachinid larvae feed internally on caterpillars, beetles, bugs, earwigs and grasshoppers. Adults feed on nectar, pollen and honeydew.
Are Tachinid flies bad?
Tachinid flies and butterfly caterpillars
They're not evil or awful for doing so. They're just doing what they evolved to do, and they are an important part of the ecosystem. They deserve to be here just as much as the butterfly does.
How do you control Tachinid flies?
How to Attract and Keep Them
- Provide them a diversity of plants with small flowers. ...
- Leave weeds such as sweet clover and wild carrot to flower throughout the garden.
- Never destroy caterpillars with white eggs on their backs as these will develop into more tachinid flies.
