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Tachina grossa
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Stephen R |
Posted on 08-08-2011 21:10
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![]() Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
17mm, Clitheroe UK, 8 August 2011. Can't give the exact size, but bumblebee size - [EDIT: size established at 17mm from photos taken on 9 August]. The plant is Golden Rod (Solidago canadense I think). This seems to be a female T. grossa; am I right, and should I be finding this in Lancashire? Stephen R attached the following image: ![]() [150.15Kb] Edited by Stephen R on 15-08-2011 23:11 |
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jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-08-2011 21:24
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I love these beasts. If dark calypter -> Tachina grossa. Most likely. ![]() |
Stephen R |
Posted on 08-08-2011 21:30
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Thanks Jorge. I think part of the calypter shows next to the alula, and it looks dark. |
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jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-08-2011 21:35
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Stephen R wrote: Thanks Jorge. I think part of the calypter shows next to the alula, and it looks dark. that's right. Must be a Tachina grossa. I found them at 1200 m in Rubus leaf always challenging me and almost "smiling" as it was like saying: "you don't catch me!"... and then all ends well.. with the fly in my net. ![]() Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 08-08-2011 22:35 |
Stephen R |
Posted on 08-08-2011 21:38
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Fortunately for this one, I only had a camera ![]() |
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ChrisR |
Posted on 08-08-2011 21:41
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It has to be T.grossa here in the UK (and the calyptrae are clearly black) - we do not have T.magna ![]() ![]() Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
Stephen R |
Posted on 08-08-2011 21:42
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![]() Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Thanks Chris! |
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jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-08-2011 21:44
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![]() Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
and fortunately for you... you don't have Tachinidae lovers as your neighbours... it is not good to feel their revenge without having the specimen. ![]() |
ChrisR |
Posted on 08-08-2011 21:48
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They're cropping up fairly frequently at the moment - I seem to get a few emails every week from people (often non-entomologists) who have seen them in their gardens or in the countryside ![]() Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
Stephen R |
Posted on 08-08-2011 21:49
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![]() Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
![]() Edited by Stephen R on 08-08-2011 21:51 |
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jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 08-08-2011 22:22
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Chris, I feel sorry that you do not have Tachina magna in UK. ![]() If I found some, I promise, at least, one T. magna specimen for you. Stephen... Clitheroe is a small town and civil parish in the Borough of Ribble Valley... must be very easy to find you. ![]() Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 08-08-2011 22:23 |
Stephen R |
Posted on 09-08-2011 00:43
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Stephen R |
Posted on 15-08-2011 22:55
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Now I have my reward for not killing this splendid beast. It has stayed for more than a week, and since it discovered the Sedum spectabile has been very easy to find. Today I found we have two females, and of course I have been looking out for a male. Then I saw this 10.5mm fly trying to mount a big female.
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Stephen R |
Posted on 15-08-2011 22:57
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Here's a dorsal view:
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Stephen R |
Posted on 15-08-2011 22:58
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And here are male and female for the size comparison.
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Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 15-08-2011 23:07
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This is a male Eurithia.
Stephane. |
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Stephen R |
Posted on 15-08-2011 23:10
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Damn! I thought it wasn't getting far with the girl. Now I see from the Gallery that the male looks much more like the female. I'll keep looking ![]() Edited by Stephen R on 15-08-2011 23:20 |
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neprisikiski |
Posted on 16-08-2011 01:35
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Member Location: Lithuania Posts: 876 Joined: 23.02.09 |
Yes, it looks like Eurithia anthophila.
Erikas |
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Stephen R |
Posted on 16-08-2011 10:36
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![]() Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Thanks Erikas and Stephane. At least I have a new species for my local list - and I'll get over the embarrassment eventually ![]() Edited by Stephen R on 16-08-2011 10:43 |
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