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 Tachinidae ?
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| fleabag |
Posted on 25-09-2006 19:04
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 Member Location: Sussex UK Posts: 183 Joined: 13.07.06 |
Hi, Please could anyone help with this fly, It probably isnt anything like a Tachinidae,I just guessed,after looking through the gallery they seemed the closest. from memory it was maybe 1.2cm.Found in west sussex downland in a meadow,wooded,stream area. Many thanks. fleabag attached the following image:  [50.39Kb] Edited by fleabag on 25-09-2006 21:38 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 25-09-2006 20:01
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I'd say Sarcophagidae - based on: the plumose arista, red eyes and chequerboard grey dusting on the abdomen  |
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| fleabag |
Posted on 25-09-2006 21:46
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Member Location: Sussex UK Posts: 183 Joined: 13.07.06 |
thanks, I think we have quite a few of these about at the moment,are they quite common ? Is this the same family that bites chunks out of me or was that something else,tabanids maybe? I think i had a mixup with some of the pics from this treetrunk,I thought this was the smaller fly....I've changed the size by a few mm. I'll post the small one another time. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 26-09-2006 17:56
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19317 Joined: 21.07.04 |
the abdomen is a little short for most Sarcophagidae. My guess would be Musca (Muscidae). Theo Zeegers |
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