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Zaira cinerea, Tachinidae
JariF	#1 Posted on 19-07-2010 13:40
Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06	Here is the second one. This is smaller, 7,5 mm long. July 17. 2010 Loviisa, Finland. Jari JariF attached the following image: [120.26Kb] Edited by JariF on 20-07-2010 17:08


Jaakko	#2 Posted on 20-07-2010 11:12
Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08	Zaira cinerea


ChrisR	#3 Posted on 20-07-2010 11:48
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Ohh, nice - is that fairly common there? I have one from the UK that I really must check against the Central European key because it just doesn't ring true somehow. Something to do this afternoon, over lunch Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.


JariF	#4 Posted on 20-07-2010 17:07
Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06	Not rare, even I have some before. Thank You Jaakko Jari


Zeegers	#5 Posted on 21-07-2010 10:48
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18535 Joined: 21.07.04	it is very rare over here in Western Europe. Theo


Jaakko	#6 Posted on 07-08-2010 22:43
Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08	Not rare, but rather local in South Finland. Clearly preferes warmer sites, but otherwise no type habitat to my knowledge. I�ve gotten this from a sand pit (usually small specimens), a powerline and a much moister field edge.


ChrisR	#7 Posted on 07-08-2010 23:03
Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	I caught one a few years ago in a Malaise trap ... never seen it since though so they must be very rare here. I even re-detted it too just now to make sure it was correct The habitat was flower-rich grassland on chalk with mixed woodland bordering the fields. Edited by ChrisR on 07-08-2010 23:04 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.