Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nice bluish Tachinid (?) with red eyes
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 10-05-2007 18:05
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I found this one at Leerdam, Netherlands today. Length was appr. 8-10 mm. The eyes have yellowish hairs on them. The arista are bare. I think it must be a Tachinid, although in some respects it's more like Calliphoridae. Does anyone know this beautiful fly? Any help is greatly appreciated!
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 10-05-2007 18:06
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Posted by Tony Irwin on 10-05-2007 20:42
#3
Most tachinids I leave to Theo and Chris, but I've been right with
Epicampocera succincta before. So that's my suggestion!
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 10-05-2007 21:17
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Thanks for that suggestion, Tony!
Posted by Zeegers on 11-05-2007 09:27
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Tony is right again !
Bluish Tachinidae, in most cases, are either E. succincta (dark legs, clavate palpi esp. in female) or Pales pavida (reddish tibiae, red tip to scutellum).
See also thread on this subject some months ago.
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 11-05-2007 09:37
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Thank you for confirmation an explanation, Theo!
I found the old thread, in the meantime ;)