Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lots and lots of Bristles!
Posted by Stephen on 08-08-2006 13:35
#1
The most bristly fly I've ever seen. Actually I see it every year, and it seems to like hanging around our house. Here it is on a colorful rug.
July 16, 2006, West Virginia USA. Posting two views.
Genus Tachina, perhaps?
Posted by Stephen on 08-08-2006 13:37
#2
Second Photo
Posted by Zeegers on 08-08-2006 21:20
#3
Hi Stephen
Definitely a Tachina or closely related genus.
I'm an Old World type of guy, so I lack experience on your continent.
Theo Zeegers
Posted by ChrisR on 08-08-2006 22:29
#4
It needs the expert eye of Jim O'Hara, in Canada. He is the expert on Nearctic tachs and might be able to give you a name for it :)
His email can be found at
http://www.nadsdi...rahome.htm
Posted by Stephen on 10-08-2006 11:48
#5
Chris and Zeegers, thanks for those leads.
Jim O'Hara and Monty Wood had a look at the images, and I identified them as Juriniopsis adusta (van der Wulp).
Thanks again!
Posted by Zeegers on 10-08-2006 22:05
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I'm glad I added 'or closely related genus'
Theo
Posted by Stephen on 02-09-2006 14:32
#7
Oops, now a month later and I see I made a typo. I didn't mean to say "I identified," I meant to say "They identified." Just a slip of the fingers, it was certainly they who did the identifying!