Posted by tim worfolk on 09-05-2009 07:17
#1
Could this be
Tachina fera? Photographed a few days ago, Devon, England.
Posted by tim worfolk on 09-05-2009 07:20
#2
photo seems to have gone missing, try again...
Posted by Zeegers on 09-05-2009 08:55
#3
Not only it could be, it is !
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 09-05-2009 08:56
#4
Yes, they are a common mid-summer species but they also have a slightly less commonly-seen Spring brood too. I saw one last weekend in South Oxfordshire on chalk downland :)
Another example of a small first brood is the very distinctive
Phasia hemiptera, which we associate with high Summer nectaring on umbellifers etc but you can also see them in early Spring nectaring on Lesser Cellandine too :)
Posted by tim worfolk on 09-05-2009 21:56
#5
Thanks for the confirmation; this is second I've seen in the last week.