Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Same Tachinidae or not?

Posted by Zeegers on 18-05-2006 16:52
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Hi Nikita

It is Phorocera obscura, as suspected by you.
Parasitic insects are notorious for the variability when it comes to length. Bombyllidae even more so than Tachinidae.
So don't bother too much about size: 6 mm. or 8 mm. is not of significance. (6 or 16 mm. is).

Theo