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title: "Common eastern physocephala"
description: "Physocephala tibialis — Insectes et araignées. Physocephala tibialis, the common eastern physocephala, is a species of thick-headed fly (family Conopidae) found throughout the eastern United States, often near flowering plants."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/common-eastern-physocephala
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common eastern physocephala

> Physocephala tibialis — Insectes et araignées. Physocephala tibialis, the common eastern physocephala, is a species of thick-headed fly (family Conopidae) found throughout the eastern United States, often near flowering plants.

- Scientific name: *Physocephala tibialis*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8263
- Wikidata: [Q13950209](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13950209)
- iNaturalist taxon: [133978](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133978)

## Names

- en: Common eastern physocephala

## Countries with the most observations

US (5375), CA (287)

## Summary

Physocephala tibialis, the common eastern physocephala, is a species of thick-headed fly (family Conopidae) found throughout the eastern United States, often near flowering plants. The adult fly is primarily black with a yellow face and thin white stripes on the abdomen. It is commonly found along the east coast of the United States and is often found near flowering plants.
P. tibialis flies parasitize many different species of bees by laying their eggs inside the abdomen of their host. The larva hatches inside of the host and grows and develops until it takes up the majority of the host's abdomen. The host then dies…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physocephala_tibialis

## Photo

![Common eastern physocephala](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-eastern-physocephala/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zygy · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133978

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-eastern-physocephala?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).