Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Id Please

Posted by jokin on 21-07-2007 15:52
#1

Taken today in Sierra de almenara.Cartagena south of Spain
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Shot with DMC-FZ30 at 2007-07-21

Posted by ChrisR on 21-07-2007 16:24
#2

A tachinid - genus Tachina but I can't say more than that because there are too many similar species in the south :)

Posted by jokin on 21-07-2007 17:27
#3

thanks chris
i found this imagen:http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.lucianabartolini.net/Immagini/mosche/moscone-echinomyia-fera.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.lucianabartolini.net/indice_alfabetico.htm&h=855&w=810&sz=90&hl=es&start=16&sig2=CxrO3P1E1gfnUV8mf4ac2w&um=1&tbnid=F0O7aQt9njg6bM:&tbnh=145&tbnw=137&ei=LzOiRoznHo6MxAGVkojYDQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtachina%26svnum%3D10%26um%3D1%26hl%3Des%26rls%3DGGLR,GGLR:2005-41,GGLR:en%26sa%3DN
Tachina fera

Posted by ChrisR on 21-07-2007 18:13
#4

Yes, that's the commonest species in north & central Europe but there are many more species - especially in the south and they all look very similar to T.fera. If you have a specimen then I could try to identify it but there is no comprehensive key to Tachina in southern Europe :)

Posted by Zeegers on 22-07-2007 10:13
#5

Those Tachina's are all very similar.
This is NOT fera, however.


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