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 Phorocera obscura and Pelatathina tibialis (Tachinidae)
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 26-05-2010 21:56
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 Member Location: Spa, Belgium Posts: 1215 Joined: 11.11.07 |
Is it a male (pictures 1 and 2) and a female (pictures 3 to 5) of Phorocera obscura ? The female was searching on the leaves of nettles (on picture 5 she's looking at a net). 21-05-2010,Belgium Christine Devillers attached the following image:  [166.01Kb] Edited by Christine Devillers on 01-06-2010 19:45 |
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 26-05-2010 21:58
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pic 2
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 26-05-2010 21:59
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pic 3 (female)
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 26-05-2010 21:59
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Member Location: Spa, Belgium Posts: 1215 Joined: 11.11.07 |
pic 4
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 26-05-2010 22:00
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pic 5 (looking at a net on nettle)
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| neprisikiski |
Posted on 26-05-2010 22:33
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Member Location: Lithuania Posts: 876 Joined: 23.02.09 |
Two species, the second resembles Pelatathina tibialis for me
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 27-05-2010 21:52
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Member Location: Spa, Belgium Posts: 1215 Joined: 11.11.07 |
Thanks, I didn't notice that the tibiae of the second one were reddish. If it's a female of Pelatachina tibialis, she was certainly interested by the caterpillars of Aglaïs urticae that I've seen on those nettles. Do you think the first one could be a male of Phorocera obscura ? |
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| Christine Devillers |
Posted on 29-05-2010 21:21
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Member Location: Spa, Belgium Posts: 1215 Joined: 11.11.07 |
Theo , Chris.....could you tell what you think for those 2 species ? |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-05-2010 00:42
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I would tend to agree with both - especially P.tibialis 
Edited by ChrisR on 30-05-2010 00:43 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 31-05-2010 14:00
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Member Location: Spa, Belgium Posts: 1215 Joined: 11.11.07 |
Thanks Chris,
Edited by Christine Devillers on 01-06-2010 19:43 |
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