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 UK Tachinidae - Cistogaster globosa?
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| tristanba |
Posted on 06-08-2009 18:38
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 Member Location: UK Posts: 97 Joined: 29.05.07 |
Can I confirm this is a Cistogaster globosa female - seems a distinctive species. One nectaring on carrot at Stanford-le-hope marshes, Essex (TQ692812) on 31st July. Many thanks, Tristan tristanba attached the following image:  [94.77Kb] |
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| tristanba |
Posted on 06-08-2009 18:38
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Member Location: UK Posts: 97 Joined: 29.05.07 |
second image
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-08-2009 18:54
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Correct - nice photos 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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| tristanba |
Posted on 06-08-2009 19:21
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Member Location: UK Posts: 97 Joined: 29.05.07 |
Many thanks Chris, I see this is a specific parasitoid of Aelia acuminata, the Bishop's Mitre. I find this shieldbug very commonly in dry grassland across the SE and beyond, but this is the first time I have ever seen Cistogaster. Is there much evidence it is becoming commoner? Cheers Tristan |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-08-2009 20:11
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yes, definitely - we have been receiving more records every year for it in new localities in the south of England. I am a little out of touch with the mapping but I am sure it has now been found in pretty much every county in the south east - from Oxfordshire south and east
Edited by ChrisR on 06-08-2009 20:12 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| tristanba |
Posted on 06-08-2009 20:53
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Member Location: UK Posts: 97 Joined: 29.05.07 |
Many thanks Chris |
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