Adejeania vexatrix

Adejeania vexatrix is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae. It is found in western North America from Mexico to British Columbia.^[1] In addition to its bright orange abdomen and prominent, heavy black setae, this species is noted for its greatly elongated palpi, which stick straight forward from under the fly's head. A similar looking tachinid fly, Hystricia abrupta, is found in the eastern United States. It does not have the elongated mouthparts of A. vexatrix.^[2] Paradejeania rutilioides also looks similar.^[3]

Adejeania vexatrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tachinidae
Genus:	Adejeania
Species:	A. vexatrix
Binomial name
Adejeania vexatrix (Osten Sacken, 1877)
Synonyms
Dejeania vexatrix Osten Sacken, 1877