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 Tachina fera?
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 27-07-2009 19:04
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 Joined: 19.11.04 |
I was sent this picture of a Tachina from a colleague in Norfolk. I suspect it's Tachina fera, but the legs seem rather dark. Can someone remind me how to separate fera and magnicornis? Thanks Tony Irwin attached the following image:  [56.87Kb] Edited by Tony Irwin on 27-07-2009 19:04 Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 27-07-2009 21:03
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19011 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Surprise ! Female Nowickia ferox ! (that is why the legs are so dark !) Theo |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 28-07-2009 08:01
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7286 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Thanks Theo! - I ought to get out more! 
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 28-07-2009 08:41
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19011 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I guess it is rather rare inUK: it is extinct in NL. Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 28-07-2009 10:06
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
It's not particularly rare in the south of england - under a line drawn between Lincolnshire and Bristol, for instance. I get them in my garden every year, fairly commonly, however I think it is easy for people to under record Nowickia because they look superficially similar to T.fera
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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