Thread subject: Diptera.info :: My first Tachinid this spring (22.03.26) --> Brachicoma (Sarcophagidae)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 22-03-2026 20:26
#1

Hello,

a 7-8 mm fly sunbathing on an ash trunk at forest border (northwest Germany).

Edited by Juergen Peters on 26-03-2026 09:30

Posted by Juergen Peters on 22-03-2026 20:28
#2

Pic #2

Posted by eklans on 23-03-2026 11:14
#3

Hi Jürgen, are you sure, that it's not a Sarcophagida?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 23-03-2026 19:58
#4

Hello Eric,

eklans wrote:
are you sure, that it's not a Sarcophagida?

no, I'm not, now that you mention it. :S Then it must be some sort of Militogramminae (?).

Edited by Juergen Peters on 26-03-2026 07:02

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-03-2026 07:04
#5

Juergen Peters wrote:
Then it must be some sort of Militogramminae (?).

?

Posted by Zeegers on 26-03-2026 08:02
#6

Yes, that's a Sarc and it is not a Milto

possibly Brachycoma.

Theo

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-03-2026 09:25
#7

Zeegers wrote:
Yes, that's a Sarc and it is not a Milto

possibly Brachycoma.

Thanks a lot, Theo!