Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Frontina laeta
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-08-2007 23:52
#1
Hi
* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.08.25
* size - 8 mm (medium fly)
* habitat - open land
* substrate - on ground
It looks 100% gold. :) One of the most beautiful colours I saw on a fly.
EDIT----> Title changed from "Golden tachinid." to "Tachinidae - Frontina laeta"
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 26-08-2007 10:44
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-08-2007 23:57
#2
another view...
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 26-08-2007 00:02
#3
other view...
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 26-08-2007 00:06
#4
another shot...
Posted by crex on 26-08-2007 00:25
#5
Goniini?
Posted by Zeegers on 26-08-2007 09:27
#6
Yes.
Frontina laeta, parasitoid of Sphingidae.
late summer species (that figures)
Theo
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 26-08-2007 10:43
#7
It fits very well. I saw 3-4 Sphingidae around. I found Macroglossum stellatarum.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 26-08-2007 10:46
#8
Theo, the Frontina laeta that appears in gallery is not so golden.. are they variable in colour?
Posted by Zeegers on 26-08-2007 11:45
#9
This is a female, in the gallery is a male.
That explains a lot.
Theo
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 26-08-2007 11:47
#10
:) ah! yes! thanks. :)
Is it just the colour that enable us to distinguish between male/femle of Frontina laeta? It is a good way and quick to split them! :)
Posted by Zeegers on 26-08-2007 15:38
#11
The length of antennae is even bigger i male.
Moreover, in nearly all cases in Tachinidae females have 2 additional pairs of proclinate frontal setae, which males don't.
Any specimen with elongated claws is bound to be male.
Theo
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 26-08-2007 15:45
#12
proclinate
and
setae -- i leave these terms for other members see what we are talking about. :)