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Tachinidae?
wilde	#1 Posted on 23-04-2007 10:20
Member Location: Koudekerke, Netherlands Posts: 176 Joined: 13.09.06	What kind of fly is this? wilde attached the following image: [108.95Kb] Edited by wilde on 23-04-2007 10:24 Albert de Wilde


ChrisR	#2 Posted on 23-04-2007 10:24
Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04	Definitely a tachinid Do you have any other angles - from the side maybe? It reminds me of Phyllomya volvulus but it would be early for that species. Maybe Mintho rufiventris ... but i don't see any red-sides to the abdomen either. Might have to wait for Theo on this Edited by ChrisR on 23-04-2007 10:34


Zeegers	#3 Posted on 23-04-2007 17:10
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19047 Joined: 21.07.04	The topcell is stalked and the bend in vein M has an appendix, so this all fits with Mintho rufiventris. Rather dark, I agree with that Theo


ChrisR	#4 Posted on 23-04-2007 18:12
Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04	Nice unusual Mintho - would be nice to see if it has any red on the side, or maybe it's just a trick of the angle. Theo: I saw the petiole, and 2 thick dark bars on the anterior which pointed me towards Mintho ... would be nice if I could see them in England more often. Maybe they will be commoner with global warming? Talking of which, I had Siphona geniculata yesterday - almost 1 month earlier than suggested in Belshaw


wilde	#5 Posted on 23-04-2007 18:37
Member Location: Koudekerke, Netherlands Posts: 176 Joined: 13.09.06	Thanks for your help. This was a foto of a friend who asked for ID (mine are better). Albert de Wilde


Zeegers	#6 Posted on 24-04-2007 18:38
Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19047 Joined: 21.07.04	Concerning Mintho: check for gardens and on windows!! There are remarkably often encoutered on the inside of large windows. Mainly in July - August. Theo