Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachina ursina?
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| Josef Buecker |
Posted on 02-04-2010 12:50
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 Member Location: Hagen, Germany Posts: 616 Joined: 03.02.08 |
Hello Forum, am I right with my ID? Who can confirm? Germany, NRW, Hagen, alder marshland, 175msm, March 30th 2010 Best regards, Josef Picture attachment not possible. I'll try later. Josef Buecker attached the following image:  [164.45Kb] Edited by Josef Buecker on 02-04-2010 13:06 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-04-2010 13:09
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Looks good to me  T.nigrohirta is known from southern Germany but it should have darker hairs on the thorax ... it is also very rare so T.ursina is more likely 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 02-04-2010 13:10
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I never saw this Tachina in the field.  I hope see one soon.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 02-04-2010 13:10 |
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| Josef Buecker |
Posted on 02-04-2010 13:17
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Member Location: Hagen, Germany Posts: 616 Joined: 03.02.08 |
Thank you Chris, Josef To jorgemotalmeida: I recognized, that the fly is very true to the place. It always returns to the same place even after massive disturbances. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-04-2010 13:22
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yes, once they find a nice sunny place to sit they usually return to it They are a classic sign of Spring arriving but I wish they were a bit commoner
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Josef Buecker |
Posted on 02-04-2010 13:59
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Member Location: Hagen, Germany Posts: 616 Joined: 03.02.08 |
By the way, Chris, what is the host of this tachinid, I can't find in www? A carterpillar? Species? And: How old can it get (the imago)? |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 02-04-2010 14:04
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
The host of Tachina ursina is unknown. In tachinid times you can see here the note: "In Kerimäki, one specimen was sighted sitting on bare ground, but more than ten individuals were observed visiting the sap runs. The host is unknown." SOURCE: http://www.uoguel...s/TT20.pdf |
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