Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid ID -> Blepharipa pratensis

Posted by Carnifex on 23-06-2021 17:28
#1

Mid June, at the boarder of a lake in Vienna.

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Edited by Carnifex on 25-06-2021 19:53

Posted by eklans on 24-06-2021 08:16
#2

Hi Lorin, not sure, but Sturmia bella?
(usually later in the year but according to T&H key also from V-X)

Posted by Zeegers on 25-06-2021 08:49
#3

Close. Sturmia is later in the year and darker. This is Blepharipa pratensis, typically found in Oak forest may - june.

Theo

Posted by Carnifex on 25-06-2021 19:52
#4

Thanks both. Blepharipa was initially included in Sturmia. Deciduous woodland was nearby, about oaks I am not sure.

Posted by Zeegers on 26-06-2021 09:21
#5

Its typical host is Lymantria dispar.

Theo

Posted by Carnifex on 26-06-2021 13:40
#6

Yep, I read it in Tschorsnig's work |t