Posted by Juergen Peters on 03-04-2021 19:18
#1
Hello,
many
Kirbya moerens here the last few days, but two Tachinidae from today I only noticed at home at the PC on pictures of other insects. So no good pictures...
This one visited sloe blossoms next to a
Bombylius major (northwest Germany).
Edited by Juergen Peters on 03-04-2021 20:37
Posted by Zeegers on 03-04-2021 19:52
#2
Many Kirbya ?? We still have only one !
In any case, this Tachinidae is a Siphona in the maculata-complex, impossible to say which one.
Theo
Posted by Juergen Peters on 03-04-2021 20:33
#3
Hello Theo,
Zeegers wrote:
Many Kirbya ?? We still have only one !
I don't mean several
Kirbya species, but several individuals in the last weeks/days ;). But I still wait for better photos... (see below). In former years I rarely found more than one or two
Kirbya moerens a season, in some years not one at all.
In any case, this Tachinidae is a Siphona in the maculata-complex, impossible to say which one.
Thanks! I thought of
Siphona, but I never saw one this early in spring. Earliest find until now was April-25. Mostly they occur in early May.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 03-04-2021 20:34