Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid from 30.10.19 --> Pales cf. processioneae
Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-10-2019 20:31
#1
Hello,
only 9-10 °C today, but sunny, and many flies on the wings. Among them also 4 species of Tachinidae, of which 3 were accustomed to me (
Ectophasia crassipennis,
Siphona cf. geniculata and
Tachina cf. fera). But I am not sure about this one. About 7 mm, at a sunny hedge (northwest Germany).
Here are some pictures of the other three:
https://insektenf...post399887
Edited by Juergen Peters on 30-10-2019 22:58
Posted by Zeegers on 30-10-2019 21:18
#2
Female Pales.
Might very well be P. processioneae (nomen est omen !)
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-10-2019 22:57
#3
Zeegers wrote:
Female Pales.
Thanks a lot, Theo!
Might very well be P. processioneae (nomen est omen !)
Interesting... This August I had my first
Thaumetopoea processionea ever at the light in our garden.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 30-10-2019 22:57
Posted by Zeegers on 31-10-2019 08:01
#4
Really ? They have been a real nuisance in NL for the last decade.
The parasitoids follow the caterpillars “on their heels”, as we say in dutch.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 31-10-2019 14:34
#5
Hello Theo,
Zeegers wrote:
Really ? They have been a real nuisance in NL for the last decade.
not here in the northern part of Germany. But they were often in the news for the more woody regions in the middle (Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate etc.). There have been many discussions about the "toxic" caterpillars in the media.