Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachina grossa? (19.07.25) --> confirmed

Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-07-2025 17:43
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Hello,

normally, when I see a large dark Tachinid here, it's Nowickia ferox. But this one in our abandoned courtyard (northwest Germany) was even bigger. I think, there is no doppelganger for Tachina grossa, right?

Edited by Juergen Peters on 28-07-2025 19:11

Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-07-2025 17:43
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Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-07-2025 17:43
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Posted by Juergen Peters on 27-07-2025 17:44
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Posted by eklans on 28-07-2025 07:56
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Female Tachina grossa is correct!

Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-07-2025 19:11
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eklans wrote:
Female Tachina grossa is correct!

Thanks a lot, Eric! A magnificent fly! B)