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Tachinidae - Carcelia lucorum
tim worfolk	#1 Posted on 30-04-2010 14:30
Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09	Seems to be Carcelia, and seems to key out as lucorum, using Belshaw, T&H and Chris's revised British key - or maybe I'm being overoptimistic! 30/4/2010; Devon, England. Tim tim worfolk attached the following image: [142.48Kb] Edited by tim worfolk on 06-05-2010 12:11


tim worfolk	#2 Posted on 30-04-2010 14:31
Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09	front view tim worfolk attached the following image: [162.13Kb]


ChrisR	#3 Posted on 30-04-2010 20:45
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	It does rather look like C.lucorum to me too ... and it certainly isn't C.bombylans, which would be another fairly frequent candidate (because they tend to have a yellower dusting, especially on the thorax. Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


Matt Smith	#4 Posted on 02-05-2010 10:00
Member Location: UK Posts: 28 Joined: 13.07.04	It does seem to run to C.lucorum with the key, don't think its C.bombylans as it has a dark basicosta. Nice pics, could we have the record data for the Recording Scheme database please. Edited by Matt Smith on 02-05-2010 10:01


tim worfolk	#5 Posted on 02-05-2010 22:47
Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09	Thanks Matt and Chris, happy to send in records - I've already sent in last years to Chris - if it's OK I'll save up this years and submit in bulk later when everything's been processed. Tim


ChrisR	#6 Posted on 03-05-2010 07:02
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	That's fine, thanks - keeps the admin to a minimum for both of us Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.