Posted by Rupert Huber on 18-10-2009 11:50
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Hi Chris!
Except the one from Laguna Quilotoa none of them was on flowers but only on green plant parts or the ground itself. I can't tell you, of course, which plants, because simply I don't know them. In general, I found most in altitudes of more than 1800m (I remember one near Mindo, 1300m, but disappearing to fast, whereas in Misahuallí, where I found really a lot of different arthropods in short time, there was not a single Tachinid amongst them. And there was no day at all, when I found more than one. So I think, except for open eyes of course (what I'm totally convinced you have), it's more a statistical matter whether you find some or not.