Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A tachinid
Posted by lweit on 11-07-2006 18:59
#1
Hello
A fly fly on a flower in a wood, a tachinid ?
Thank you for your help
Louis
Posted by lweit on 11-07-2006 19:01
#2
Another photo of this fly
Photo taken in NE of France, near Metz
Posted by lweit on 11-07-2006 19:02
#3
Last photo of this fly
A+
Louis
Posted by ChrisR on 12-07-2006 09:24
#4
Certainly a tachinid ... but it's frustrating because I can't quite see the face well enough to know if it has a plumose arista :( My guess is it is a dexiine but I can't say for sure - one for Theo I think ;)
Posted by lweit on 12-07-2006 12:31
#5
Another photo of this fly with a part ot the face
Louis
Posted by lweit on 12-07-2006 12:31
#6
Another photo of this fly with a part ot the face
Louis
Posted by ChrisR on 12-07-2006 14:33
#7
Thanks for those - but aren't they the sames as photo #2? I still don't see the face clearly enough to know if the arista is hairy or not :(
Posted by lweit on 12-07-2006 20:42
#8
Excuse me Chris
Louis
Posted by ChrisR on 12-07-2006 23:54
#9
Nevermind - tachinids are infuriatingly difficult to identify from photos. :D It doesn't seem to matter how many photos you take - you will always be missing that 1 vital angle showing a part of the fly you thought would be totally insignificant! ;)
Posted by Zeegers on 31-07-2006 10:36
#10
Chris is right:
the arista should be plumose, in which case this would be
Dinera ferina, a male
Theo Zeegers