Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 [Macquartia dispar female] host ?
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 16-09-2009 18:57
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 Member Location: Spa, Belgium Posts: 1215 Joined: 11.11.07 |
This Tachinidae was about 10 mm. (Belgium, 15-09-2009). Christine Devillers attached the following image:  [165.51Kb] Edited by Christine Devillers on 04-10-2009 21:30 |
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 16-09-2009 18:57
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Member Location: Spa, Belgium Posts: 1215 Joined: 11.11.07 |
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Christine Devillers attached the following image:  [141.19Kb] |
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 16-09-2009 18:58
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Member Location: Spa, Belgium Posts: 1215 Joined: 11.11.07 |
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| Jaakko |
Posted on 17-09-2009 08:09
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 Member Location: Joensuu, Finland Posts: 479 Joined: 04.08.08 |
Hi, Macquartia sp. Jaakko |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 17-09-2009 17:29
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19206 Joined: 21.07.04 |
female M. dispar (viridana impossible given time of year) Theo |
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 17-09-2009 21:54
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Member Location: Spa, Belgium Posts: 1215 Joined: 11.11.07 |
Thanks, again a new species in my garden  |
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 04-10-2009 21:43
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Member Location: Spa, Belgium Posts: 1215 Joined: 11.11.07 |
I've never seen Chrysolina americana,C. sanguinolenta or Timarcha normanna in my garden. Could it also parasitize Timarcha tenebricosa or other Timarcha or Chrysolina ? |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 04-10-2009 22:04
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I'm not 100% sure but I'd say that it is *very* likely that it would attack any other similar species that live in similar habitats - tachinids are only very rarely species-specific. I'd say that it's a wonderful opportunity for you to rear them out of any Chrysomelidae and discover new hosts! 
Edited by ChrisR on 04-10-2009 22:06 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 05-10-2009 15:03
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Member Location: Spa, Belgium Posts: 1215 Joined: 11.11.07 |
Wonderful opportunity if I could find them  .....must be very lucky |
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