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Tachinidae ID
tristram
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Posted on 13-09-2011 19:47
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From last year. I originally had this down as Pales pavida based mainly on the bluish colour, but now that doesn't look right to me. It looks too chubby and the scutum is not shiny enough. Could it be a Eurithia, or something else?

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And from a slightly different angle.
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Posted on 14-09-2011 17:40
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In particular, I think it resembles this female Eurithia connivens: http://www.dipter...oto_id=618.
The blueness might be at least partially an artefact of my camera (but this artefact seems to only affect flies and not beetles and other insects!)
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Looks too short in the body to be a Eurithia, so I doubt it ... but the angle isn't very flattering so I'm not sure. My guess from the shape & colour would be an Epicampocera succincta Wink
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Posted on 15-09-2011 20:08
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Thanks Chris. I'll put it down as a possible E. succincta then.
 
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The tip of the scutellum is red, so it can't be Epicampocera.
It is a Pales. Once you've got this idea, you notice the single pair of reclinate orbitals.


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Posted on 19-09-2011 22:54
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Thankyou Theo.
If I remember correctly, it was the red tip to the scutellum that made me think it was Pales in the first place.
 
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Posted on 20-09-2011 20:12
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O, sorry, I missed that sentence in the first post

Good thinking !


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