Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Many Ectophasia (Tachinidae) from 14.08.19 --> males are all E. crassipennis

Posted by Juergen Peters on 16-08-2019 20:11
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Hello,

since my first find in September 2016, Ectophasia has become rather frequent here. Now they baffle me with their variety of wing shapes and wing and abdomen markings. Sometimes I even have problems to tell males and females apart (are there "non-macho" males in Ectophasia like in Phasia?).

Are the flies below all Ectophasia crassipennis? On meadows near a small creek and near a forest (northwest Germany).

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foto-upload.de/diptera/191408/Ectophasia_crassipennis_M2.jpg

foto-upload.de/diptera/191408/Ectophasia_crassipennis_M3.jpg

foto-upload.de/diptera/191408/Ectophasia_crassipennis_M4.jpg

foto-upload.de/diptera/191408/Ectophasia_crassipennis_M5.jpg

foto-upload.de/diptera/191408/Ectophasia_crassipennis_W1.jpg

foto-upload.de/diptera/191408/Ectophasia_crassipennis_W2.jpg

foto-upload.de/diptera/191408/Ectophasia_crassipennis_W3.jpg

foto-upload.de/diptera/191408/Ectophasia_crassipennis_W4.jpg

foto-upload.de/diptera/191408/Ectophasia_crassipennis_W5.jpg

Edited by Juergen Peters on 16-08-2019 22:24