Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid? Looks like..
Posted by blowave on 09-10-2010 20:24
#1
Bactromyia aurulenta! ;)
1 pic only, + 1 crop.
7th October on Ivy, my garden near Lincoln UK.
Janet :)
Posted by blowave on 09-10-2010 20:24
#2
crop
Posted by ChrisR on 09-10-2010 20:54
#3
Well, it has hairy eyes, which
B.aurulenta doesn't have so that's that one ruled out ;)
Looks a bit more like a
Phryxe sp. to me but Theo might have other ideas :)
Posted by blowave on 09-10-2010 20:57
#4
Thanks Chris, waiting for Theo.. :)
Posted by blowave on 09-10-2010 21:13
#5
Phryxe nemea looks good?
Posted by ChrisR on 09-10-2010 21:20
#6
Assuming that it is
Phryxe then
nemea would be my guess ... but we can't see much from the photo so it's a bit of an educated guess ;)
Posted by Zeegers on 10-10-2010 08:21
#7
Might very well be a Phryxe, in which case it is not nemea but more likely vulgaris, given the wing venation and the reddish colouration on the scutellum.
Phryxe is common and Bactromyia pretty rare, so starting hypothesis should always be Phryxe.
Theo
Posted by blowave on 10-10-2010 19:06
#8
Thank you Theo, I had noticed the colouring on the scutellum but I don't have the knowledge nor keys. The general colouring was confusing also.