Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nice Tephritid from Switzerland

Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-04-2008 20:14
#1

Hello!

Beat Weisskopf permitted to post his photo here. He found this beautiful Tephritid yesterday in his garden near Bern/Switzerland. We could not find out, to which genus it belongs.

Posted by Ben Hamers on 01-05-2008 08:15
#2

Hi J?rgen,

Euleia heraclei it is :

http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=8230

Ben

Posted by Nosferatumyia on 01-05-2008 08:52
#3

Euleia heraclei Linnaeus, the celery fly. Body coloration can be reddish yellow or black, depending on pupation conditions. Compare http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=post_58399

Edited by Nosferatumyia on 01-05-2008 08:55

Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-05-2008 15:56
#4

Hello, Ben and Valery!

Many thanks! That was my first idea, too. But we were not sure, especially because of the very "double conical" abdomen.