Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phasia aurigera << Tachinidae ID
Posted by BartNap on 06-10-2020 00:59
#1
May I ask for help in identifying this species, please? The picture was taken in northwest Poland, in September 2020
Edited by BartNap on 08-10-2020 13:43
Posted by eklans on 06-10-2020 08:32
#2
Hi, it's a male Phasia aurigera
Eric
Posted by BartNap on 06-10-2020 09:01
#3
Awesome, thank you Erci! It looks like some rarity for Poland.
Posted by eklans on 06-10-2020 10:19
#4
It's a parasitoid of several bugs: Pentatomidae and Coreidae (Palomena, Rhaphigaster, Coreus, Gonocerus). It is found more frequently in the South (but it's getting warmer...)
Eric
Posted by BartNap on 06-10-2020 14:16
#5
...so it has a lot of food in our garden indeed! I hope to spot them again next year.
Posted by Zeegers on 07-10-2020 08:41
#6
It was a rarity in Agnieszka's times (Draber), but is has become much more common over the last decades.
Theo