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 Tachinidae hairy eyes
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| blowave |
Posted on 04-04-2011 22:12
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 Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Hello, Taken on 3rd April 2011, my garden near Lincoln UK. Size ~5mm. It doesn't look to match any I have had before with hairy eyes. I have 4 pics which are not the best, it was running around the leaf licking something up. You can see the subscuttelum!  Janet 
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| blowave |
Posted on 04-04-2011 22:12
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
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| blowave |
Posted on 04-04-2011 22:13
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
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| blowave |
Posted on 04-04-2011 22:13
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
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| neprisikiski |
Posted on 04-04-2011 22:42
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Member Location: Lithuania Posts: 876 Joined: 23.02.09 |
Looks like Lypha dubia.
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| blowave |
Posted on 05-04-2011 00:03
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Member Location: LINCOLN, UK Posts: 3151 Joined: 27.06.07 |
Thank you Erikas! It does look like Lypha dubia, and I have the hosts. I haven't seen it before.
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 05-04-2011 00:58
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Yeah, I was going to suggest Lypha dubia too ... common and early but annoyingly difficult to key-out in most keys 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| oxycera |
Posted on 06-04-2011 08:26
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Member Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire Posts: 251 Joined: 31.12.09 |
ChrisR wrote: Yeah, I was going to suggest Lypha dubia too ... common and early but annoyingly difficult to key-out in most keys It certainly is, its just taken me 12 months, but I'm pleased I've finally cracked it. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 06-04-2011 14:43
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19308 Joined: 21.07.04 |
The bronze colouration (in males), shown in the thrid pic, is hardly ever seen in other Tachinidae. It may be subtle, but it is very distinctive ! Theo |
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| oxycera |
Posted on 06-04-2011 16:54
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Member Location: Barnsley, South Yorkshire Posts: 251 Joined: 31.12.09 |
Useful note, thanks |
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| conopid |
Posted on 06-04-2011 17:54
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
I noticed that bronze effect on a couple I caught today. So now I know what they will probably be
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 06-04-2011 18:02
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
It's more than likely - Lypha dubia are fairly common - but they can be tricky to key-out in Belshaw, which is something I have been trying to improve upon. For a quick check have a look at the hind spiracle and see whether it has equal-sized (often open) flaps and then check to see if the pteropleural bristle is long (reaching about as far back as the posterior margin of the lower calypter). I think the bronzy/browny tint is found in a few - species at this time of year ... or rather it often isn't as clear as it might appear to be if you see one in isolation
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 07-04-2011 08:19
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19308 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Maybe 'bronze' is not the right word, but the colouration of male Lypha dubia is not met by any other common spring species: Phorocera, Campylochaeta and Cyzenis are pretty different. Beware, however, that Lypha is pretty strongly sexual dimorph, which is confusing at first. The abdomen of the female is more checkered (halfway a Sarcophagini, but than 'bronze' and not greý). If this still is understandable, I would say: have a look at the pictures ! Theo |
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