Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae, Ceromya silacea
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| JariF |
Posted on 24-06-2008 09:08
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Hi, I believe this yellow Tachinidae could be Ceromya silacea ? Jari JariF attached the following image:  [79.45Kb] Edited by JariF on 26-06-2008 15:24 |
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| JariF |
Posted on 25-06-2008 21:48
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
So Chris, what do You think ? Is this night flying species common in You area ? Jari |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-06-2008 08:50
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I need a few more angles please  (the usual stuff - dorsal thorax & abdomen, wing etc). In my experience Ceromya spp. are very rare here in the UK - I have never caught one and I have seen less than 5 UK specimens caught recently. |
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| JariF |
Posted on 26-06-2008 12:45
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
Ok, but I believe it will not be nessesery with this one. I'm 99.9% sure what this is You can't find these easily during daytime but they fly into malaise traps. I think it was Kahis who told me, that they fly at nigh time. It's not rare here and You will have a series of them after the season. Jari |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-06-2008 14:13
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Ahh, thanks - all tachinid contributions are very welcome  Quite a lot of the species on the British List are actually very rare here so I just don't find them, especially as I don't travel long distances to some of the 'wilder' areas. I think Ceromya spp. tend to inhabit forested places and it's not easy to find really large tracts of forest in southern England these days  Thanks again! Chris R. Edited by ChrisR on 26-06-2008 16:52 |
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| JariF |
Posted on 26-06-2008 15:26
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Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 2072 Joined: 20.01.06 |
This is the place where I get them. Jari JariF attached the following image:  [178.59Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-06-2008 16:53
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
That looks lovely habitat for all kinds of things - flower-rich forest edge bordering open fields with more flowers ... good tachinid habitat
Edited by ChrisR on 26-06-2008 16:54 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 26-06-2008 17:22
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Dima (Black) took some very nice photos of C. silacea - you can see them here |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 28-06-2008 18:20
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
C. silacea is almost a nuisance in Malaise traps, but I have only once caught it with a net. A second almost entirely yellow Ceromya (C. dorsigera) was recently found in Finland (Malaise traps at work once again), but Jari's fly is definitely C. silacea.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 05-07-2008 12:18
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
spectacular tachinid!!!!  |
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