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 Tachina fera? from Corsica
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| nick upton |
Posted on 08-06-2010 10:42
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
T. fera I presume..... looking a bit different due to so much pollen on the thorax, or is this possibly something different? Lots more images if needed. 4.6.2010 c 11mm feeding on umbels by mountain stream, Corsica. nick upton attached the following image:  [145.4Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 08-06-2010 10:42
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 08-06-2010 11:18
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It's certainly a Tachina but I am not sure about fera ... probably not if those front tarsi really are that dark 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 08-06-2010 21:05
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
The front tarsi are darker than the legs, but not black, and the angle of light does affect how dark they look (I use daylight, not flash). Not sure they are any darker than in some gallery images of T. fera, but here are a couple more images showing the feet in case it helps them that know what's what tell me if this is T. fera or not!
nick upton attached the following image:  [124.06Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 08-06-2010 21:06
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
another view
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| nick upton |
Posted on 22-11-2010 20:09
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
I'm still assuming this is Tachina fera, even if its front tarsi look a bit dark in some shots, unless anyone is sure it isn't!
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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