Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Golden Tachinid
Posted by Menko Vlaardingerbroek on 12-04-2010 16:45
#1
Is it possible to tell from this photo if this fly really is a tachinid and to which genus it belongs - perhaps even which species it is? Found in Bilthoven (Netherlands) in a garden.
Posted by Zeegers on 15-04-2010 17:19
#2
That is not golden, that is bronze.
Female Lypha dubia, very common in Bilthoven in april
Theo
Posted by Menko Vlaardingerbroek on 15-04-2010 20:37
#3
Thank you, Theo.
After some searching, I found Lypha dubia is a winter moth parasite. As there are a lot of winter moth larvae in this time of year, I guess it must be common in much of Holland.
Posted by Zeegers on 18-04-2010 21:04
#4
Menno
You are right.
Lypha is polyphagous, however, it is more or less specialized in Operophthera.
It is always common in april.
Theo