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 Large Tachinid, Hungary > Nemoraea pellucida
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| pwalter |
Posted on 12-01-2009 00:28
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi, this is the largest Tachinid I've seen - found in W-Hungary, July. Only saw it for a blink but it seemed to be around 2 cm. Maybe Nemoraea?
pwalter attached the following image:  [124.17Kb] Edited by pwalter on 12-01-2009 12:16 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 12-01-2009 10:52
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I'd agree with Nemoraea pellucens  They are pretty big; with a wide, flat abdomen; they hold their wings out in that way; they have a ruff of paler hair behind the head; and the head is smaller in proportion to the body than a lot of other tachinids. |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 12-01-2009 12:13
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Thank You, I noticed also that they have a little head What do they parasitise? I found it under N pellucida, BTW.
Edited by pwalter on 12-01-2009 12:15 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 12-01-2009 12:57
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
They can parasite: Orthosia cerasi (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Dypterygia scabriuscula (Lepidoptera) Hyloicus pinastri (Lepidoptera) myabe there are much more. Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 12-01-2009 12:58 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 12-01-2009 13:49
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Sorry - pelluscens ... pellucida ... it was too early in the morning for me to remember it correctly ... next time I will wait until I have drunk my first cup of tea  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 14-01-2009 18:42
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19011 Joined: 21.07.04 |
It is quite unusual. It is a male (vertex, pulvilli), however, the orange markings on the abdomen are hardly visible..... Theo |
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