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 Fly on Oxeye
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| Bruce Marlin |
Posted on 09-01-2005 07:22
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 Member Location: Chicago, Illinois USA Posts: 59 Joined: 12.12.04 |
This one might be easy for youse but It's stumped me. Take a look at this cutie nectaring on oxeye daisy :} Thanks! -- Bruce   |
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| Gerard Pennards |
Posted on 09-01-2005 13:42
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 Member Location: Amersfoort Posts: 1914 Joined: 07.06.04 |
Hai Bruce, This remembers me of Family Tachinidae, and possibly subfamily Phasiinae. An other option is something like Gymnosoma sp. (also Tachinidae), that is a genus also with 6 species in your part of the world :-)) But I don't know for sure! This family has a lot of genera, and are sometimes quite difficult to identify. So, it MIGHT be Tachinidae, subfamily Phasiinae. These are mostly parasites of true bugs. Greetings Greetings, Gerard Pennards |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 09-01-2005 14:08
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19294 Joined: 21.07.04 |
It looks indeed like a Tachinidae to me. I am no specialist in the Nearctic world, so I can't give you a genus. It might very well be a member of the tribe Phasiinae, as suggested by Gerard. You could try the old key by Coquillett (1897). Good luck Theo Zeegers |
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| Bruce Marlin |
Posted on 15-01-2005 19:37
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Member Location: Chicago, Illinois USA Posts: 59 Joined: 12.12.04 |
Thanks, Theo and Gerard. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 27-02-2005 13:07
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Hi Personally, I am not sure about this being a tachinid. With its wing posture, grey dusting and fondness for daisy flowers it certainly reminds me of a Phasia obesa. But the wing venation has vein-m reaching the margin and not forming a petiole (which all/most Phasiines have). On a more worrying note I cannot see any subscutellum. Granted, that would be hard to see anyway - but perhaps the original poster has more photographs? Chris R. |
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