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Small Tachinid ? fly ID
LordV
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Posted on 13-05-2010 07:58
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 Smallish fly around 5mm body length taken yesterday South coast UK on a bamboo leaf - is it a Tachinid ?

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 looks more Sarcophagidae to me - big red eyes, appendix on medial vein..

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 Very interesting.

Amobia sp. (Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae),
which are known parasitoids of Aculeata with nests in hollow stems (like.... bamboo !)


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 Thanks for IDs and info Smile
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