Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Small tachinid
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 01-09-2009 22:04
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Can anyone help me with this? Is it Muscidae? I can't give the exact size (until I get home at the end of the week), but I think it's in the 3-4mm range. Lancashire, a few days ago.
Stephen R attached the following image:  [106.14Kb] Edited by Stephen R on 01-09-2009 22:09 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 01-09-2009 22:06
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
WOW! Tachinidae!!! WOW! What a beauty!!! |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 01-09-2009 22:06
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Lateral:
Stephen R attached the following image:  [100.64Kb] |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 01-09-2009 22:10
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Thanks Jorge, I've changed the title. I did wonder about those antennae! |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 02-09-2009 06:54
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Paracraspedothrix montivaga ?
Stephane. |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 02-09-2009 07:34
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 Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
Stephane Lebrun wrote: Paracraspedothrix montivaga ? Agree, pale hairs behind the head. Jaakko |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-09-2009 08:11
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Great ID - photos would look good in the gallery 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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| Stephen R |
Posted on 02-09-2009 09:35
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Many thanks everyone! I'll submit the photos at the weekend. My first WOW!  |
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