Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae: Cylindromyia bicolor?
Posted by HTK on 22-04-2022 11:21
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Visiting flowers, especially wild carrot, in our garden in Mechernich-Satzvey (Germany) on the edge of the Eifel, on 24 September 2021. Cylindromyia bicolor? Is it possible to determine the sex on the basis of these photos? I’m grateful for your comments!
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Posted by HTK on 22-04-2022 11:22
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Posted by HTK on 22-04-2022 11:23
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Posted by HTK on 22-04-2022 11:24
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Posted by HTK on 22-04-2022 11:25
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Posted by eklans on 22-04-2022 12:03
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Hi Hans Theo, bicolor is correct and it's a boy with big feet (large pulvilli).
Posted by HTK on 22-04-2022 13:57
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Hi Eric, thank you very much for your comments on the boy with the big feet! I had checked some of Chris Raper's excellent pictures, but remained unsure about the criteria that could be applied to tell whether it was a male or a female.
Best wishes,
Hans Theo
Edited by HTK on 22-04-2022 13:58