Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae? => Exorista larvarum
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| Volker |
Posted on 10-11-2023 13:39
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Member Location: Bexbach/Germany Posts: 386 Joined: 15.05.08 |
Hello, I found this fly inside an insect box today. The fly would not have got in from the outside, so it must have hatched somewhere inside. There was just some soil in the box. Size was less than one centimetre, maybe 7-8 cm? Is it possible to identify the species? Greetings, Volker    
Edited by Volker on 10-11-2023 20:43  |
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| eklans |
Posted on 10-11-2023 15:07
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4080 Joined: 11.11.18 |
Hello Volker, based on your nice photos I think it's a female of the Exorista rustica group. EDIT: No it isn't: 4 dc post! So I think it is the female E. larvarum. Edited by eklans on 10-11-2023 15:20 Greetings, Eric Kloeckner |
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| Volker |
Posted on 10-11-2023 15:41
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Member Location: Bexbach/Germany Posts: 386 Joined: 15.05.08 |
Hi Eric, many thanks for your assessment. I'm just wondering what the fly hatched from? There is no host to be found. I'll have another look at the insect box and the soil tomorrow. Greetings, Volker |
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| eklans |
Posted on 10-11-2023 15:52
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Member Location: Franconia, Germany Posts: 4080 Joined: 11.11.18 |
It has a wide range of Lepidoptera hosts. Tschorsnig, Herting (1994): Raupenfliegen Mitteleuropas: "Zahlreiche Lymantriidae, Lasiocampidae, Noctuidae, Arctiidae und Zygaenidae, selten Sphingidae, Nymphalidae, Pieridae, Notodontidae, Geometridae und Endromididae." Greetings, Eric Kloeckner |
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| Volker |
Posted on 11-11-2023 06:59
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Member Location: Bexbach/Germany Posts: 386 Joined: 15.05.08 |
Hi Eric Thanks for the information Greetings, Volker |
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