Posted by Zeegers on 02-11-2004 21:17
#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