Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid
Posted by oceanlis2000 on 06-05-2011 12:17
#1
Chris
Here's the second one
03-05-11, mid-Wales, only got 1 photo
Posted by ChrisR on 06-05-2011 12:33
#2
Thelaira (possibly
nigripes) I think :)
Posted by Jaakko on 12-05-2011 21:13
#3
I agree. I´ve gotten a few
solivaga from Provence in end June, so sounds unlikely for the UK? The latter should be quite rare also?
T. solivaga are also paler in appearance, which does not mean much with tachinids...
Posted by oceanlis2000 on 19-05-2011 11:09
#4
Thanks for your comments Jaakko, the orange patches on the abdomen do seem to vary!
Again it shows why distribution records are so valuable
Posted by ChrisR on 19-05-2011 12:22
#5
Yes,
Thelaira nigripes is by far the commonest
Thelaira in the UK and they are highly variable in the colour of the abdomen. I have seen a few
Thelaira solivaga and they just tend to crop up randomly but infrequently and so any suspected
solivaga needs close examination to be sure. Male genitalia can be helpful but an ID usually depends on a number of features and it's best to have the specimen under a microscope to be really sure ... but at least it isn't a
Siphona :D