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Tachinidae - Tachina magnicornis (female)
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Posted on 04-01-2009 20:20
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 Hi


Just to confirm... Is this Tachina fera? Taken in 1 April 2007.


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 I'd say almost certainly not Tachina fera - the tarsi are dark and the frons is very wide. But I can't think what it might be because there are lots of possibilities in the south Smile
 
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 neither magnicornis... I think.
 
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 Chris is right and first impression is a female magnicornis, partly for the reasons given by Chris.
I don't have any objections to magnicornis


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