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 Canadian Tachina
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| Tony T |
Posted on 02-08-2007 14:43
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 Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
31 July 2007, New Brunswick, Canada. Based on lokks and size, length 16mm, this is probably Archytas aterrimus. This is a bulky fly that reaches a length of 17mm; anything bigger in Europe? 
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-08-2007 17:55
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
If I had seen that in Europe I'd have identified it as Tachina grossa, a very large species that often reaches 20mm  |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 02-08-2007 18:37
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 02-08-2007 18:57
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19105 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I agree with Paul. Come on Tony, you can do better than 16 mm. !?!? Theo |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 02-08-2007 20:59
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Chris Raper wrote: If I had seen that in Europe I'd have identified it as Tachina grossa, a very large species that often reaches 20mm Thanks Chris. Did some checking and see that we have both genera in NA. The key character, for here, to separate these 2 genera is the shape of the 1st flagellomere; that makes this specimen a very small Tachina. Keeping a lookout for that 30mm tachinid  |
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