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Tachinidae ID => Sturmia bella
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Posted on 21-09-2012 21:28
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Photos taken in Reading, UK, on 2012-09-21.

I think this is Sturmia bella. Am I correct?
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A slightly different angle:
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Yes - well done Smile Quite a distinctive tachinid.
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It helps that the first photo is almost identical to one by Tim Worfolk in the gallery: http://www.dipter...to_id=4510
 
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Yes, they are quite consistent Grin Bare eyes; very pale face with no protruding mouth edge; no median discals and only a few median marginals on T1-3 - then lots of marginals on T4-5.
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ChrisR wrote:
Yes, they are quite consistent. Bare eyes; very pale face with no protruding mouth edge; no median discals and only a few median marginals on T1-3 - then lots of marginals on T4-5.


I thought Sturmia bella had a brown tip to the scutellum, all those I have do. Can this be absent? A photo in the gallery showing this ..

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The scutellum colour is a little variable but I suspect that if we had this as a specimen it would be clearer.
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