Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae ID => Linnaemya picta
Posted by tristram on 25-09-2012 21:12
#1
Photos taken in Reading, UK this afternoon, 2012-09-25.
Any idea of the species?
Edited by tristram on 30-09-2012 18:49
Posted by tristram on 25-09-2012 21:13
#2
Another angle:
Posted by sd on 25-09-2012 21:25
#3
Female Linnaemya tessellans or picta as per your record from last year-
http://www.dipter...d_id=42093
Same comments apply I think:)
Steve
Posted by sd on 25-09-2012 21:35
#4
Personally, I think both are picta - but Chris will want to see a specimen as it will extend the known range of the species in the UK quite a bit.
Steve
Posted by tristram on 25-09-2012 22:02
#5
And to think I had it walking around on my thumb! I even had my net and plastic containers with me at the time. Never mind, I'll go up there again tomorrow and see if I can catch the little blighter.
Posted by ChrisR on 25-09-2012 22:26
#6
Would be very interesting if we could confirm this as
picta - not just because we are interested in its range but also because they seem to have had a bad year this year ... as always, with tachinids, a specimens tells 1000 words ;)
Posted by sd on 27-09-2012 13:50
#7
I have seen a few females at ivy (Hedera) flowers this week:)
Steve
Posted by tristram on 30-09-2012 18:55
#8
I have changed the title to
Linnaemya picta as Chris has confirmed that another specimen taken from the same area was
picta snd not
tesselans. See here:
http://www.dipter...ost_217403