Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae Carcelia iliaca? --> Blepharipa pratensis

Posted by RE Niks on 12-05-2022 17:56
#1
In my home garden in a village in Groningen (Netherlands) I found this fly (May 2022). It stood out because of its contrasting cream scutellum, so candidates were, to my opinion Carcelia iliaca, Blephara pratensis and Ernestis rudis. Can anybody help me to pin it down to some species (and the arguments)? My choice would be C. iliaca because of lack of orange in antenna, and not too obvious brown base of wing.
Edited by RE Niks on 14-05-2022 09:57

Posted by John Carr on 12-05-2022 19:26
#2
Most Carcelia have conspicuously hairy eyes.

Posted by Zeegers on 14-05-2022 09:05
#3
All have….

This seems to be Blepharipa pratensis


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Posted by RE Niks on 14-05-2022 09:48
#4
Thank you so much! It looks like the scutellum is a bit more pale than I see on most pictures, but the general idea (and absense of hairs) fits very well.