Posted by Juergen Peters on 03-12-2005 03:06
#1
Hello!
Another fly which I am not sure about its family -
Tachnidae or
Calliphoridae? Photo taken on May 5 here in Germany. It was a rather large fly, bigger than
Calliphoria.
Posted by Zeegers on 03-12-2005 12:55
#2
This one is easier: the eyes are hairy and the arista is bare: therefore it is a Tachinid.
It looks rather like a Calliphorid given the narrow vertex and bulky appearence. This suggests the genus Ernestia. The crossed apical setae on the scutellum then fix the species:
Ernestia rudis
A common spring species (may) in coniferous forests.
(Host: Panolis)
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Juergen Peters on 04-12-2005 04:34
#3
Hello, Theo!
Zeegers wrote:
This one is easier: the eyes are hairy and the arista is bare: therefore it is a Tachinid.
It looks rather like a Calliphorid given the narrow vertex and bulky appearence. This suggests the genus Ernestia. The crossed apical setae on the scutellum then fix the species:
Ernestia rudis
Thanks a lot!
Ernestia was my closest guess, too. But I was not sure because we have only a few coniferous trees here between mainly beeches and oaks. Nevertheless these flies are rather abunbant in spring.