Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid (Phryxe?) from Amstelveen

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 01-05-2008 13:20
#1

I saw this Tachinid this morning (1 May) just behind my garden. It looks like Phryxe from just over a week ago. Is species ID possible? ca 8 mm. Sitting on Hawthorn is small group of trees+bushes in playground grass land.

Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 01-05-2008 18:10

Posted by ChrisR on 01-05-2008 16:54
#2

It's possible but I'd like to be able to see the apical scutellar bristles a bit better before I could say for sure :)

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 01-05-2008 18:12
#3

Yak, this is more or less all I have! OK, next time I know what to look for!

I attach another photo with a slightly better vision of the scutellum, but I'm not too hopeful anymore...

Edited by Cor Zonneveld on 01-05-2008 18:41

Posted by Zeegers on 03-05-2008 08:05
#4

The apicals are erect. This seems to Phryxe indeed.
Impossible to say more without a lateral shot.

Theo