Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 spring Tachinid with hairy eyes
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| Sundew |
Posted on 29-04-2013 17:34
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Hi, Some days ago I met this 5 mm Tachinid on a café window east of Berlin. It was quite active, though it had two black spots on the abdomen that looked problematic. Can it be named? Thanks in advance, Sundew Sundew attached the following image:  [189.94Kb] |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 29-04-2013 17:34
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
More pics.
Sundew attached the following image:  [171.4Kb] |
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| magnusp |
Posted on 29-04-2013 18:23
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Member Location: Lund, Sweden Posts: 230 Joined: 07.08.12 |
Maybe Lypha dubia, but I am not an expert so please wait for a second opinion 
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| oxycera |
Posted on 29-04-2013 21:10
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Member Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire Posts: 251 Joined: 31.12.09 |
That would be my suggestion also. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 29-04-2013 22:25
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yes, that's a fair bet at this time of year
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 30-04-2013 19:18
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
Big thanks to all of you! Once I got a name I searched the forum und found many threads and excellent pictures of Lypha - the archive is really a treasure! If one just could keep in mind all the former identifications, they contain so much information. It's funny: when the flies start their active period, they appear in several threads immediately. We should make an illustrated chronology when to expect which (common) species, so one could check before posting a question  . |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-04-2013 19:41
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
This time of year the similar ones are Lypha dubia, Phorocera obscura & Campylocheta praecox Others might include Panzeria puparum and Gymnocheta viridis
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 30-04-2013 20:44
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14534 Joined: 11.09.04 |
ChrisR wrote: This time of year the similar ones are Lypha dubia, Phorocera obscura & Campylocheta praecox Others might include Panzeria puparum and Gymnocheta viridis Here also Kirbya moerens.
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