Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hemyda?

Posted by ChrisR on 27-08-2006 22:07
#9

I saw H.vitata about a month ago and I was surprised by it's strange behaviour. Scurrying around on leaves, like a lot of tachinids, but in a very drunken way - very odd. I am not sure it was like a spider though - the colouration is similar to flies like Xylota segnis or ichneumons.