Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae ID
Posted by tristram on 18-09-2013 22:35
#1
Photos taken in Reading, UK, on 2013-09-18.
I thought it might be a
Sturmia bella but then noticed it has hairy eyes.
Posted by tristram on 18-09-2013 22:36
#2
Another angle:
Posted by ChrisR on 19-09-2013 11:08
#3
Interesting - obviously not
Sturmia but not sure what it is - did you take a specimen?
Posted by tristram on 19-09-2013 19:01
#4
No specimen but I will see if I can get one this weekend (the weather forecast for this area looks quite promising).
Posted by oxycera on 19-09-2013 21:23
#5
Just a punt without checking anything - Lydella?
Posted by Zeegers on 20-09-2013 08:47
#6
Lydella has bare eyes as well !
It looks 'Sturmiini' indeed and there is one 1 reclincate orbital seta, a big clue.
But I cannot give a definitive opinion yet
Theo
Posted by sd on 20-09-2013 09:46
#7
Is it a female
Eumea linearicornis?
(A drop of moisture is hiding the centre line on the thorax?)
Steve
Posted by Zeegers on 22-09-2013 19:48
#8
I can see only 4 black vittae on the thorax (which disagrees with Eumea)
But it is difficult to see !
Theo