Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Rhinophora lepida? No it is => Kirbya moerens
Posted by Stella M on 02-03-2022 19:29
#1
Hi,
found on 27-February-2022, grassland meadow in nature reserve "Höllberg" near Neu-Bamberg, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany
Length approximately 0.8 cm
Can it be identified?
Thanks,
Stella
Edited by Stella M on 02-03-2022 22:15
Posted by Stella M on 02-03-2022 19:29
#2
2nd pic
Posted by Stella M on 02-03-2022 19:30
#3
3rd pic
Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-03-2022 20:10
#4
Hello,
too early for
Rhinophora lepida. I think it is
Kirbya moerens (Tachinidae).
Posted by Stella M on 02-03-2022 22:14
#5
Thank you Dankeschön! Viele Grüße Stella
Posted by Zeegers on 03-03-2022 10:33
#6
Yes, it is Kirbya.
The earliest of Tachinidae !
Theo
Posted by Stella M on 03-03-2022 18:17
#7
Thank you!!!!!
Posted by John Carr on 03-03-2022 18:39
#8
Zeegers wrote:
Yes, it is Kirbya.
The earliest of Tachinidae !
Theo
In North America it is not even the earliest of Voriini (or Wagneriini). The most common and conspicuous Tachinidae of spring in New England are
Gonia and
Epalpus signifer (Tachinini).