Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Tachinidae
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 26-01-2015 00:25
#1
I believe this is Trigonospila sp.? Trapped on window. Townsville, Queensland.
Edited by Graeme Cocks on 26-01-2015 00:25
Posted by John Carr on 26-01-2015 00:45
#2
Probably
Anthomyia. Didn't you have another recently?
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 26-01-2015 00:50
#3
Yes John you are correct, Anthomyia silvestris is the same. I can't get the hang of this subscutellum thing. To me this has a huge subscutellum, so I didn't think any further than Tachinidae. Thanks for correcting me.
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 26-01-2015 00:55
#4
I should have realised too, that there were no meral bristles. Oh dear, there are too many flies.
Posted by Zeegers on 26-01-2015 08:05
#5
Funny !
You made the classical mistake upside down !
(well, it is Australia)
Theo
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 26-01-2015 08:10
#6
Grin
Posted by Zeegers on 26-01-2015 08:19
#7
About the subscutellum, it is below the thing you are looking at.
In Tachinidae, it looks like a "swimming band " (not sure if that is proper English), so really convex.
Hope that helps.
Theo
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 26-01-2015 08:32
#8
Hmm, this is getting really technical now. A "swimming band" is not something I am familiar with. However "really convex" I can relate to. So, yes, I think I understand. Thanks Theo.
Cheers, Graeme
Posted by Zeegers on 26-01-2015 12:34
#9
Children wearing an inflatable tire-like structure around their waist while in the pool is not custom in Australia ?
Theo
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 26-01-2015 19:46
#10
Yes that is normal for Australia. However I don't think I'm going to look at one the same again. Pool tachinids. :)
Posted by Zeegers on 26-01-2015 19:54
#11
Once, my Russian vocabulary ordered me to go looking for a car part on a horsefly. That was a clear signal to spend some money on a real vocabulary.
In this case, nothing is lost in translation. Get a real Tachinid and give it a look. You'll see it works.
Theo
Posted by Sergiy Filatov on 26-01-2015 21:11
#12
Zeegers wrote:
Once, my Russian vocabulary ordered me to go looking for a car part on a horsefly...
Theo
Nice ;)
Theo, may I ask you what the term it was?
Edited by Sergiy Filatov on 26-01-2015 21:11