Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Cyzenis albicans (Tachinidae)?
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| evdebs |
Posted on 11-06-2021 22:40
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Member Location: West Sussex, UK Posts: 197 Joined: 01.05.21 |
Not sure what to make of this calyptrate fly. Any help with narrowing down the ID would be much appreciated. Seen on 09/06/2021 in the margin of a commercial strawberry field in Kent, UK. Many thanks, Dylan evdebs attached the following image:  [93.29Kb] Edited by evdebs on 18-06-2021 13:57 |
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| tristram |
Posted on 12-06-2021 06:54
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1334 Joined: 27.06.10 |
Looks like a female Musca autumnalis: https://diptera.i...to_id=5261 |
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| evdebs |
Posted on 12-06-2021 08:17
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Member Location: West Sussex, UK Posts: 197 Joined: 01.05.21 |
Wow, I never would have guessed that! I knew the females looked different to the males, but I didn't realise just how different they are. There's no way I would have guessed they belong to the same species. Many thanks, Dylan |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 12-06-2021 10:41
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14426 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, tristram wrote: Looks like a female Musca autumnalis: are you sure? Does not look much like a female Musca autumnalis to me, more like a Tachinid. Look at the sharper kink in the M vein.  
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| evdebs |
Posted on 18-06-2021 13:57
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Member Location: West Sussex, UK Posts: 197 Joined: 01.05.21 |
Thanks for your help so far! Having had a look through the Tachinidae gallery, I'm now wondering whether it might be Cyzenis albicans? I appreciate that it may not be possible to tell for sure though from this photo. Many thanks, Dylan |
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