Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Unknown tachinid
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-05-2011 22:10
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I'm drawing a blank on this one - seen today in south Oxfordshire, sitting on foliage in downland. With the protruding mouth edge all I can think of is Eriothrix prolixa but it looked very large for that species ... where am I going wrong? 
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 01-06-2011 20:09
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19310 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Why is it wrong ? Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 01-06-2011 20:37
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Well, I was hoping that it would be right ... but I had doubts because it is still quite a rare species in the UK  Thanks for confirming it though ... I really couldn't think of anything else with a protruding mouth edge and that looked like that
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 02-06-2011 10:43
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19310 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I can't be 100 % sure from this one pic, but it sure does look like Eriothrix prolixa. Theo |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-06-2011 13:04
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
We have had the species on the reserve before, so I plan to go back up there either today or at the weekend and do some collecting. I will see if I can get a net on one 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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