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 Golden Tachinid
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| Menko Vlaardingerbroek |
Posted on 12-04-2010 15:45
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Member Location: Bilthoven (NL) Posts: 60 Joined: 19.05.08 |
Is it possible to tell from this photo if this fly really is a tachinid and to which genus it belongs - perhaps even which species it is? Found in Bilthoven (Netherlands) in a garden.
Menko Vlaardingerbroek attached the following image:  [128.49Kb] Kind regards Menko Vlaardingerbroek |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 15-04-2010 16:19
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
That is not golden, that is bronze. Female Lypha dubia, very common in Bilthoven in april Theo |
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| Menko Vlaardingerbroek |
Posted on 15-04-2010 19:37
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Member Location: Bilthoven (NL) Posts: 60 Joined: 19.05.08 |
Thank you, Theo. After some searching, I found Lypha dubia is a winter moth parasite. As there are a lot of winter moth larvae in this time of year, I guess it must be common in much of Holland. Kind regards Menko Vlaardingerbroek |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 18-04-2010 20:04
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Menno You are right. Lypha is polyphagous, however, it is more or less specialized in Operophthera. It is always common in april. Theo |
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