Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Please help me to identify this
Posted by tomongoose on 14-08-2007 20:07
#1
Hello,
My friend Paul Burly saw this on the South Devon coast and asked me if iI could identify this I have no idea and its not in any of my basic id books could anyone help I have some better pictures if that angle is no good
Thanks
Tom
Edited by tomongoose on 15-08-2007 12:20
Posted by tomongoose on 14-08-2007 20:08
#2
p.s its about the size of a bee
Edited by tomongoose on 15-08-2007 12:24
Posted by crex on 14-08-2007 20:12
#3
Tachina grossa? Skip the white border to make the photo a bit bigger ;)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2007 20:15
#4
Mesembrina meridiana. Muscidae.
:)
Posted by Pierre55 on 14-08-2007 20:27
#5
I second Jorge:)
Pierre
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 14-08-2007 20:35
#6
Tachina:D
Posted by Kahis on 14-08-2007 20:37
#7
I second crex, and whoever says
Tachina grossa :)
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 14-08-2007 20:40
#8
I second crex, and whoever says Tachina grossa
you are 3-rd :D:D:D
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2007 20:41
#9
i don?t see any strong bristles in abdomen.. and T. grossa in gallery is not so dark like this one..
but really the head seems to resembles more a Tachina.. :) Who will win? :D LOL
Posted by Zeegers on 14-08-2007 20:58
#10
Come on, the bristles on its back (behind right tarsus 3) are thick like nails ! Moreover, Mesembrina doesn't have these white hairs on the occiput. And the wing venation, there is a sharp bend in vein M.
So to me, Tachina grossa without doubt.
Theo
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-08-2007 21:02
#11
ok. you convinced me, Theo! Tachina grossa is the winner. :)
Posted by ChrisR on 14-08-2007 21:03
#12
I second ... third?... fourth?!
Tachina grossa :) The pale head with its 'ruff' of hairs is very distinctive.
Tom: could you PM me and let me have the record (location, grid ref, date etc) for the tachinid recording scheme? :D
Posted by tomongoose on 15-08-2007 12:18
#13
Its body is not as hairy as Tachina grossa its body is very shiny it looks more like mesembrina meridiana but the head is wrong and it has a more bulbous body. I will try and put some better pictures on in a couple of days
Edited by tomongoose on 15-08-2007 12:45