Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phasia at night (11.08.19) --> P. obesa
Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-08-2019 22:22
#1
Hello,
after looking at it with the bare eye, I first thought of some small
Fannia. But after closer inspection on the PC it turned out to be a little (ca. 4 mm)
Phasia. Possibly
P. obesa? At night at the door light of our house (northwest Germany). Sorry, only photo.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 14-08-2019 20:05
Posted by eklans on 14-08-2019 10:28
#2
Hi Jürgen, I think it's P. obesa but you cannot surely exclude aurulans without looking at Sternit 7. The size 4 mm will also point to obesa.
Eric
Edited by eklans on 14-08-2019 10:29
Posted by Zeegers on 14-08-2019 16:32
#3
Yes
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-08-2019 20:04
#4
Thanks a lot, Eric and Theo!
Today I also found
P. obesa,
P. hemiptera and
Ectophasia crassipennis by daylight on flowers (and hundreds of
Tachina cf. fera).
Posted by Zeegers on 15-08-2019 07:41
#5
Great !
Look on Heracleum for the very small barbifrons.
And in 1-2 weeks time, aurgiera should appear.
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-08-2019 20:20
#6
Hello Theo,
Zeegers wrote:
Look on Heracleum for the very small barbifrons.
yes, I found it there in big numbers in the last years, but not this year. Only several
P. obesa and one or two
P. hemiptera yesterday.
And in 1-2 weeks time, aurgiera should appear.
That one was also numerous in the last years (mainly on
Mentha), but in 2018 I only found one single male specimen (pic below) - on September, 5th, at rather low temperatures in a forest (!).