Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae -> Phorocera obscura!

Posted by Volker Achterberg on 10-03-2021 10:44
#1

date: 7 May 2020; location: in Hamburg, Germany, in my garden which is close to a park with large trees and a pond;
Tachinidae fly? perhaps Phania funesta?
Thank you for any ID help!
Best regards, Volker

Edited by Volker Achterberg on 10-03-2021 14:04

Posted by John Carr on 10-03-2021 10:56
#2

Not Phania. Maybe Phorocera.

Posted by Zeegers on 10-03-2021 12:31
#3

Yes. Ohorocera obscura. Very common in May, so get to know it !

Theo

Posted by Volker Achterberg on 10-03-2021 14:04
#4

Thanks a lot, John and Theo, for species ID! Great help!
Best regards,
Volker