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 is this a Tachina fera?
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| Amada44 |
Posted on 10-06-2012 22:19
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Hi! I asked some people on wikipedia and they were pretty sure that its a Tachina fera. Would someone be so kind to check if thats correct? Thank you very much!!  |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-06-2012 22:49
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 6983 Joined: 12.07.04 |
It can help if you say where in the world you saw this  If it is continental Europe then I would guess that you are possibly correct - it looks either like T.fera than the very similar T. magnicornis  Do you have any photos from other angles?
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London, Coordinator for the UK Tachinid Recording Scheme, my Diptera blog |
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| Amada44 |
Posted on 10-06-2012 22:56
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ohh sorry!! I have the gps info on the wikipage: http://commons.wi...C_8801.jpg but yes, its central europe. Just checking if I have differnet angles... sorry, I lokks like as if I only took two shots and the other one ois deleted.
Edited by ChrisR on 10-06-2012 23:07 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 10-06-2012 23:11
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 6983 Joined: 12.07.04 |
OK, it would be nicer to be able to see the front feet - they are black/dark in magnicornis and pale in fera. I would say that it isn't a very good photo to have on Wikipedia because it isn't easily identifiable as T.fera ... better to have one that shows all of the salient features Saying that, I keep looking at the width of the frons and, assuming that it is a male, it does look very wide, which would suggest magnicornis. Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London, Coordinator for the UK Tachinid Recording Scheme, my Diptera blog |
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| Amada44 |
Posted on 10-06-2012 23:25
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Member Location: Posts: 6 Joined: 14.06.11 |
I can always move it up into the the category: Tachina and add that it could be either T.fera or magnicornis. I zoomed to the feet and they seem pale to me. But its not easy to tell because its a bit blurred. Thank you very much for your help! |
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