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 Tachinidae? with red eyes
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| nick upton |
Posted on 02-01-2011 21:04
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
This fly looked (to my untrained eyes) like a small, slim Sarcophaga sp. at first, but I don't think the wing veins are quite right and it's maybe bristlier on the abdomen and behind the eyes, so I'm thinking Tachinidae... but I need expert help on this as per... 11th June 2010 Wiltshire garden UK, c 8mm nick upton attached the following image:  [101.91Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 02-01-2011 21:05
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Another view, a different individual with maybe less white on the abdomen, but the same species i think:
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| nick upton |
Posted on 02-01-2011 21:06
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Final shot
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| conopid |
Posted on 02-01-2011 21:30
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
This is family Sarcophagidae. Probably Sarcophaga species.
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 02-01-2011 21:54
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
OK, thanks, I'm sure you're right, and that's what I thougt originally, but checking other pics i have of Sarcopahaga sp. the wing veins seemed more "kinked" in those as in the next 2 pics, and had a more black and white checkerboard look to the abdomen but maybe the flies I posted yesterday are of a different Sarcophaga sp. and the look of the veins and abdomen varies? Sarcophaga sp. sunbasking added: nick upton attached the following image:  [125.92Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 02-01-2011 21:55
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Sarcophaga sp. wing veins close up
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| nick upton |
Posted on 02-01-2011 21:57
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Wing veins of the flies posted yesterday which i thought might be tachinids, but you confirm are Sarcophaga sp... but which seem less kinked to me, unless it's just the angle of view.
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-01-2011 22:42
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Thing is, wing venation is slightly variable and I suspect that your first specimen isn't a Sarcophaga s.s. .. more Sarcophaga s.l., which would explain the difference  Anyway, your first thought was correct - it is "a small, slim Sarcophaga sp." but probably one of the other sub-genera - not Sarcophaga (Sarcophaga) 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 02-01-2011 22:56
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 819 Joined: 12.03.10 |
OK thanks Chris, your comments make good sense. I'm pretty sure these were much smaller than the Sarcophaga sp. I'm used to, but being a tricky group, I doubt I'll get any closer to an ID.
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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