str at1omes

[Gr. stratios =warlike, and muia =a fly.] Entom.: The typical genus of Stratiomyide. The best-known species is Stratiomys chameleon, a large, handsome fly, a little more than half an inch long, the color bra y black, with tawny hairs; the scutellum yellow, with two long spines: the abdo black with yellow spots and bands. The female deposits her eggs on the lower side of the water-plantain, Alisma plant a go ; the pupa floats like a boat. men