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Tachinid, the Netherlands>Phorocera obscura
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jck |
Posted on 16-04-2014 18:07
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Member Location: Posts: 1074 Joined: 21.08.12 |
Is it possible to identify this fly? Seen near Apeldoorn, province of Gelderland on 13 April this year. James jck attached the following image: [191.01Kb] Edited by ChrisR on 17-04-2014 18:40 |
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Zeegers |
Posted on 17-04-2014 07:17
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18472 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Phorocera obscura. Make sure you can dream this species:it will be very common next month Theo |
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jck |
Posted on 17-04-2014 17:56
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Member Location: Posts: 1074 Joined: 21.08.12 |
Thanks Theo - I will try to remember it. James |
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Zeegers |
Posted on 17-04-2014 18:48
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18472 Joined: 21.07.04 |
It is very elongated for a Tachinid, in this respect it looks like a Sarcaphagidae. Genitalia are very large, both male and female obscura has the scutellum dark. partly reddish scutellum and larger is Ph asiimilis (or grandis) Theo |
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jck |
Posted on 18-04-2014 05:36
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Member Location: Posts: 1074 Joined: 21.08.12 |
Thanks - that's the kind of information I need. James |
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