Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae, Croatia, May 2008
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| Xespok |
Posted on 18-12-2008 20:26
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Another UFO.
Xespok attached the following image:  [112.47Kb] Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 18-12-2008 20:27
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Another view.
Xespok attached the following image:  [92.29Kb] Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 18-12-2008 22:13
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
As a guess, I'd say female Aplomya confinis.
Stephane. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 19-12-2008 11:26
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19026 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Aplomyia is excellent, well spotted. Somehow, it is very greyish for female confinis. And it seems there is an appendix to bend in vein M. Look at the left wing in both pics. If so, it is Aplomyia metallica. Pity we can't see the palps. Theo |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 19-12-2008 12:04
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
The appendix if present and not an arteface is clearly absent from one wing and may be absent from both wings. The fly appeared metallic blackish in the nature, but somehow it reflected the flash quite a lot and is greyer on the photo. I try to locate the full size image.
Edited by Xespok on 19-12-2008 12:05 Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 19-12-2008 16:35
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19026 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes, flash or direct sunlight can fool you a lot. Theo |
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