Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Big Tachinidae (May-23, 2010)
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 26-05-2010 06:16
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 Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14411 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello! Some of these flies were flying around at a beech forest path (northwest Germany) three days ago, always returning to same places on leaves. There were two "size classes" (females and males?): some as big as Tachina fera (~12-14 mm), some clearly smaller (7-9 mm). There were also many of the even smaller Phorocera around there. Is this Ernestia sp.? Probably E. puparum (seems a little bit late)? Juergen Peters attached the following image:  [72.91Kb] Edited by Juergen Peters on 26-05-2010 06:17 Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 26-05-2010 06:16
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14411 Joined: 11.09.04 |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 26-05-2010 06:17
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14411 Joined: 11.09.04 |
A smaller one.
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 26-05-2010 06:18
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14411 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Pic #2
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 26-05-2010 06:18
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14411 Joined: 11.09.04 |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 26-05-2010 06:18
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14411 Joined: 11.09.04 |
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| conopid |
Posted on 26-05-2010 07:53
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I had the same fly last week - it was Ernestia. In my case they were E rudis (I took a specimen to check identity), but it probably will not be possible to say which species yours is.
Edited by conopid on 26-05-2010 07:53 Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 27-05-2010 02:13
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14411 Joined: 11.09.04 |
conopid wrote: I had the same fly last week - it was Ernestia. In my case they were E rudis (I took a specimen to check identity), but it probably will not be possible to say which species yours is. Thanks, Nigel! I find E. rudis relatively often in spring here, but I can't remember that they had such red markings. So I thought, these must have been a different species. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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