Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae sp
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 21-05-2006 22:21
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
I assume this is a Tachinid, but can't work out which. I have checked Chris Raper's site, but couldn't find anything (that wasn't incredibly rare) that fitted. On flowering Myrrhis odorata Sweet Cicely, male, 8mm, Preston Montford Field Studies Centre, near Shrewsbury, north west England, 16 May 2006. Susan R Walter attached the following image:  [154.65Kb] Susan |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 21-05-2006 22:32
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Bellardia, a calliphorid.
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 22-05-2006 12:40
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Bother I had it down as a Calliphorid originally, but all that hairiness and the stalk on the 5th vein sucked me in to thinking Tachinid.Thanks for setting me on the right track Kahis. Susan |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 22-05-2006 13:15
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Hi Susan Don't remember seeing such a good photo of this interesting fly. Nice work Susan. Robert PS. I havent' forgotten info on Muscidae . Just been verrrrry busy.
Edited by Robert Nash on 22-05-2006 13:16 |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 22-05-2006 19:45
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Robert Thank you for the kind words. I am the least technically able photographer in my family, so I am especially pleased to hear compliments. Do you happen to have any ideas about species? Please don't stress about the Muscid material - whenever you can, I will be grateful. I will offer the photo to Paul for the gallery if you think it is good. Susan |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 23-05-2006 17:11
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Susan Yes do offer this for the gallery. Bellardia are important flies in medical, veterinary and forensic science and therefore justify our science to a wider public as well as being very useful indeed to students in these disciplines.Getting a translation typed for you at the moment.Robert |
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| Gordon Jar |
Posted on 23-05-2006 19:02
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Member Location: East Sussex, England Posts: 209 Joined: 09.10.05 |
I have this photo, taken last year in the south of England, and yet to be identified. To my eye it compares favourably with the above Bellardia. Would I be right ? many thanks Gordon Gordon Jar attached the following image:  [114.93Kb] |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 23-05-2006 22:07
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Robert Blimey - 'a translation typed for me' - this is extraordinarily kind of you. Thank you so much. Susan |
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