Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Australian Sarcophagidae
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 22-02-2017 01:53
#1
Can anyone suggest a family for this fly? Trapped on window. Townsville, Queensland.
Edited by Graeme Cocks on 22-02-2017 19:01
Posted by John Carr on 22-02-2017 02:24
#2
I think Tachinidae.
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 22-02-2017 03:44
#3
Thanks John. I guess this is one of those cases where the arista is plumose.
Posted by John Carr on 22-02-2017 11:57
#4
Check for the subscutellum to be sure. In America a few small Sarcophagidae look like Tachinidae.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 22-02-2017 13:59
#5
Nice to get an "action photo" of larvipary!
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 22-02-2017 19:01
#6
It's Sarcophagidae.
Posted by Graeme Cocks on 22-02-2017 19:04
#7
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