Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid
Posted by Smoggycb on 26-08-2008 13:39
#1
Sunning itself on a car by shingle and saltmarsh.
Lydella?
Posted by Zeegers on 26-08-2008 17:42
#2
That is definitely an option.
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 27-08-2008 01:00
#3
LOL ... and that's a very non-commital answer :D Sadly I can't add any other suggestions either - way too anonymous for photos ;)
Posted by Smoggycb on 27-08-2008 07:51
#4
Thanks Theo and Chris - If I'm honest with myself that's all I could expect! I suggested Lydella as L. grisescens is the commonest Tachinid I have caught here over the last two years. I potted it anyway so I'll know soon enough!
Posted by ChrisR on 27-08-2008 08:31
#5
Interesting because
Lydella grisescens isn't all that common across the UK. We get a few records from it but I think I have only caught it a few times here in central England :)
Posted by Zeegers on 27-08-2008 19:53
#6
Lydella is quite common at marshes, especially salty marshes, in late summer and autumn.
So maybe, Chris, you don't visit these types of habitats, because they are too far from your place ?
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 27-08-2008 20:28
#7
That'll be the reason - must have a host that is commonest by the coast perhaps :)