Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid (?) with heavily hairy eyes
Posted by Juergen Peters on 23-03-2008 22:37
#1
Hello!
Found today at 2 ?C at forest (northwest Germany), length about 6-8 mm. I assume, it is a Tachinid (?).
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Edited by Juergen Peters on 23-03-2008 22:37
Posted by Juergen Peters on 23-03-2008 22:38
#2
Another picture.
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 23-03-2008 23:11
#3
If I well listened Theo, ocelar bristles are reclinate, so Campylochaeta praecox ?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 23-03-2008 23:32
#4
Hello, Stephane!
Stephane Lebrun wrote:
If I well listened Theo, ocelar bristles are reclinate, so Campylochaeta praecox ?
I had that species already earlier this month:
http://www.dipter...d_id=11589
I must admit, the one today did not remind me very much of that fly (smaller, less shiny, not so strikingly large antennae).
Posted by Zeegers on 24-03-2008 09:09
#5
Excellent job by Stephane
This is a female, Juergen, previously you had a male (according to your description).
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 24-03-2008 18:25
#6
Hello, Theo!
Thanks to you both!
Zeegers wrote:
This is a female, Juergen, previously you had a male (according to your description).
So females are smaller? Or was that just because of normal size variation between individuals?
Posted by Zeegers on 25-03-2008 17:14
#7
Size is never of importance in parasitoids: it depends largely on the host.
Theo