Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 UK, Tachinidae, Compsilura
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Posted on 18-07-2011 10:17
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 893 Joined: 11.10.07 |
UK, Suffolk, coastal estuary, on Heracleum. 15th July 2011. This keys nicely to Compsilura concinnata. Note the strong facial ridge bristles, ocellars missing and orange palps. Steve sd attached the following image:  [122.38Kb] |
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Posted on 18-07-2011 10:17
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Posted on 18-07-2011 10:18
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Posted on 18-07-2011 10:19
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 18-07-2011 10:45
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Very likely - if it keys that well then it should be  Pity it isn't a female, with the saw-toothed ventral tergite edges - they really can be spectacular
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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Posted on 18-07-2011 10:53
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 893 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Yes, if the weather ever dries out here, I'll go back to look for a female |
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