Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinida sp.
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 11-05-2007 17:34
#1
hi flyforum,
This one come's out of my caterpillarbox.
Is it Phorocera obscura?
size: ~6mm
:) Robert
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 11-05-2007 17:34
#2
pic 2
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 11-05-2007 17:35
Posted by Zeegers on 11-05-2007 18:45
#3
Nope. This one is 'much' plumpier, to a Tachinist eye.
This is the female of Phryxe nemea, one of the most reared Tachinidae and most difficult to ID for the beginner, unfortunately (I would need 3 full sentences to explain the ID).
ONce you know what it is, you might try to use the key yourself.
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 13-05-2007 22:12
#4
thanks again Theo,
I've got these flies before ;) three out of one Phlogophora meticulosa.
This time I got one Phryxe nemea out of one unidentified Tortrix sp.
The pictures are documented at: http://waarneming.nl/soort.php?id=21096&wno_datum_van=&wno_datum_tm=&tab=foto
Posted by Zeegers on 14-05-2007 09:30
#5
Keep up the good work, both the rearing and the pictures !
some Tachinidae are never seen in nature, but not too difficult to rear.
Theo