Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Long rostre

Posted by Zeegers on 02-11-2004 22:17
#3

Paul is right,

It is the Tachinid Prosena, one species only in Europe.
Being a member of the tribe Dexiini, the larvae live in larvae of Melolonthinae.
There is one other genus of Tachinid with such a long proboscis: Rhamphina, to be found for instance in the Pyrenees.

Prosena can, locally, be quite common, around grasslands (host!)


Theo Zeegers