Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Blepharipa pratensis, was Ernestia rudis ?
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 27-05-2008 18:48
#1
Hello all,
Looking up some recent messages on the forum, I seem to recognize Ernestia rudis in this fly found on May 22 2008 (?)
Bois de Lauzelle (a beech forest) Louvain la neuve, Belgium;
Size 10 mm approx.
Thanks for your help
Philippe
Edited by Philippe moniotte on 28-05-2008 12:33
Posted by Zeegers on 28-05-2008 09:05
#2
No.
It is a male Blepharipa pratensis. Pity we can't see the comb on tibia 3.
See recent post from The Netherlands on this species.
Theo
Posted by Philippe moniotte on 28-05-2008 11:49
#3
Thanks Theo. I'll dig in my files to try and find a picture showing tibia 3.
Is this species territorial - males at least ? It kept coming back to the same spot, and was there again at the exact same place when I visited three days later (well, assuming it was the same individual)
Cheers
Philippe
Posted by Zeegers on 28-05-2008 14:00
#4
A cameraman's dream, so to speak.
INteresting.
I once so a male Bl. schineri, related species, even hovering.
Which is quite unusual in Tachinidae.
Theo