Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae ID => Linnaemya picta
Posted by tristram on 28-09-2012 16:01
#1
Caught today, 2012-09-28, in Reading UK.
Edited by tristram on 30-09-2012 18:12
Posted by tristram on 28-09-2012 16:05
#2
Dorsal view:
Posted by sd on 28-09-2012 16:26
#3
Should be a male Linnaemya picta. Well done;)
Steve
Posted by tristram on 28-09-2012 16:42
#4
It looks darker than my previous photos but it had just come out of the freezer and so was probably a bit damp when I photgraphed it.
Posted by ChrisR on 29-09-2012 09:26
#5
Very nice indeed - if we can meet up then I can key it properly and confirm that for you ... I am in Tilehurst so it should be easy to sort out ;)
Posted by ChrisR on 30-09-2012 13:47
#6
Just a follow-up to say that I met-up with tristram yesterday and the specimen is a very nice male
Linnaemya picta - the male genitalia are very distinctive :)
That extends the range of this species a lot further west of all previous records :)
Posted by tristram on 30-09-2012 18:32
#7
Thank you, Chris. I feel relieved to have it confirmed. It's been over a year since my first photo and it would have been a quite a let-down if it had turned out to be
L. tesselans after all.
Today I was over at Chazey Wood, which is roughly half-way between here and your haunt at Hartslock Nature Reserve. I saw nothing that looked anything like a
Linnaemya, neither
picta nor
tessselans, even though I spent 3 or 4 hours searching.
Edited by tristram on 30-09-2012 18:33