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| bmstsm |
Posted on 26-07-2006 20:19
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Member Location: Posts: 2 Joined: 26.07.06 |
 Hi, I live in the UK, nothern part Yorkshire, this was seen and photgraphed in a coniferous clearing and as you can see was feeding on thistle flowers. Can you identify it? Is it a fly or a bee? Thank you Tim |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 26-07-2006 20:31
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9303 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi Tim. It is fly from Tachinidae family, I think genus Tachina. Looks like Tachina grossa, but it has to have brown calypter, your fly has yellow. Soon Chris will give you precise answer. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| bmstsm |
Posted on 26-07-2006 20:40
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Member Location: Posts: 2 Joined: 26.07.06 |
Hey thanks Nikita, your ID looks spot on! Cheers Tim |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-07-2006 23:31
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Definitely Tachina grossa  If you can give me the data (date, grid-reference, recorder's name, location name etc) I will add it to our database  |
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