Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae ID => Pelatachina tibialis

Posted by ChrisR on 13-10-2012 18:33
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They're not uncommon - fairly distinctive things - pale tibiae, long median bristles, yellow wing-bases, small rounded head. They are parasitoids of Small Tortoishell butterfly (among others) but they got a lot less hype than Sturmia bella ;)