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 Confusing tachinid
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 16-05-2009 20:22
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This is an odd little tachinid(?) I saw today in southern England. Unfortunately it flew away before I could get a net on it but I think it must be fairly distinctive - about 5-6mm long with rounded wings.
ChrisR attached the following image:  [125.89Kb] Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 16-05-2009 21:05
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I guess something around Actia / Peribaea.
Stephane. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 16-05-2009 23:41
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I think you are right ... just the rounded wings got me excited - I think Actia would be the favourite, as Peribaea is a bit rare here. But living tachinids often look a bit different from their pinned cousins! 
Edited by ChrisR on 16-05-2009 23:42 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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