Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae => female Demoticus plebejus
Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 20-12-2020 12:34
#1
Perhaps 8 mms. Old dry meadow, Høvblege, Møn, Denmark, 27 June 2020.
Edited by Karsten Thomsen on 20-12-2020 23:23
Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 20-12-2020 12:35
#2
Top view
Posted by Zeegers on 20-12-2020 16:20
#3
Note the elongated second (apparent: first) segment of arista.
Female Demoticus plebejus, you dn’t see that often in western Europe !
Theo
Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 20-12-2020 23:21
#4
Thans a LOT, Theo. The locality is indeed quite unique. Calcarous dry meadow with very long continuity.
Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 21-12-2020 07:50
#5
It turns out that the species has been found in three loclities in Denmark, all with extensive dry meadows. Almost to the day, it has been registored 10 years before in the same locality as this one, https://www.naturbasen.dk/observation/567003/demoticus-plebejus
Posted by Zeegers on 21-12-2020 10:48
#6
Very nice indeed.
Theo
Posted by John Carr on 21-12-2020 15:07
#7
I found a web site for the area at
http://danarige.d..., with pictures of some things this fly might eat.
Edited by John Carr on 21-12-2020 19:48
Posted by Zeegers on 21-12-2020 15:31
#8
Ah, it is from Mons Klint ! Not your average meadow.
Theo