Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Cistogaster globosa (Tachinidae) ID by ChrisR
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| lagura |
Posted on 02-09-2009 23:09
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 Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
I guess a Phasiini of some sort. Can it be ID'd? Size: ~4mm Date: 4 August 2009 Location: On Yarrow on lawn near apartment buidlings (Helsingborg, Sweden) Thanks! lagura attached the following image:  [133.97Kb] Edited by lagura on 02-09-2009 23:24  |
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| lagura |
Posted on 02-09-2009 23:10
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Another angle
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-09-2009 23:11
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Female Cistogaster globosa  They seem to love low-growing, white flowers like Yarrow and Wild Carrot. Males have a black & orange abdomen and look a bit like Gymnosoma but with shorter antennae.
Edited by ChrisR on 02-09-2009 23:14 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| lagura |
Posted on 02-09-2009 23:23
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Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Thanks a lot Chris! Yes, these Yarrows were the lowest in the area, and they attracted a lot different flies. And they attracted me 
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