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Rhinophora lepida? No it is => Kirbya moerens
Stella M
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Posted on 02-03-2022 19:29
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Hi,
found on 27-February-2022, grassland meadow in nature reserve "Höllberg" near Neu-Bamberg, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
Length approximately 0.8 cm
Can it be identified?
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Stella
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Hello,

too early for Rhinophora lepida. I think it is Kirbya moerens (Tachinidae).
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Jürgen

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Thank you Dankeschön! Viele Grüße Stella
 
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Yes, it is Kirbya.
The earliest of Tachinidae !

Theo
 
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Thank you!!!!!
 
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Zeegers wrote:
Yes, it is Kirbya.
The earliest of Tachinidae !

Theo


In North America it is not even the earliest of Voriini (or Wagneriini). The most common and conspicuous Tachinidae of spring in New England are Gonia and Epalpus signifer (Tachinini).
 
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