Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae I think.
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| thijsdegraaf |
Posted on 01-05-2009 19:10
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Member Location: Bergen (NH) Posts: 838 Joined: 21.10.08 |
A small fly (about 9 mm) in my garden in the Nethterlands. Family: Tachinidae I think. What could it be? Kind regards, Thijs thijsdegraaf attached the following image:  [127.91Kb] Edited by thijsdegraaf on 01-05-2009 19:13 http://www.tuin-t...engels.htm |
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| thijsdegraaf |
Posted on 01-05-2009 19:11
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Member Location: Bergen (NH) Posts: 838 Joined: 21.10.08 |
second photo
thijsdegraaf attached the following image:  [127.72Kb] http://www.tuin-t...engels.htm |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 02-05-2009 20:18
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19244 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes, again Phorocera obscura Very common these days. THeo |
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| thijsdegraaf |
Posted on 02-05-2009 22:06
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Member Location: Bergen (NH) Posts: 838 Joined: 21.10.08 |
Thanks again Theo. I was not sure, because it was a smaller fly. Regards Thijs http://www.tuin-t...engels.htm |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-05-2009 23:17
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Size is not very important in parasitoids - their size as adults depends largely on the health of their larval hosts 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 03-05-2009 09:01
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19244 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Phorocera obscura is notorious in this respect: size 4 - 12 mm. Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 03-05-2009 09:07
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Could it also be a feature of Spring species - perhaps exagerated by the variable climate? I have noticed Lypha dubia to be quite variable in size too.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| thijsdegraaf |
Posted on 04-05-2009 20:25
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Member Location: Bergen (NH) Posts: 838 Joined: 21.10.08 |
I've learned a lot. Thanks Theo and Chris Thijs http://www.tuin-t...engels.htm |
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