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 Tachina magnicornis?
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| bonitin |
Posted on 07-02-2012 16:40
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 Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Hi, Could this one be Tachina magnicornis? I met it in the local nature reserve, Gent, Belgium on 10th August 2010 Thank you! Myriam bonitin attached the following image:  [117.53Kb] |
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| bonitin |
Posted on 07-02-2012 16:41
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Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 07-02-2012 16:44
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Not really very close - it's Eriothrix rufomaculata 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| bonitin |
Posted on 07-02-2012 16:59
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Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Wow, that was quick! Thanks a bunch Chris!
Edited by bonitin on 07-02-2012 16:59 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 07-02-2012 17:35
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
No problem - they are probably the commonest tachinids here and have many distinctive characteristics - red abdominal side patches, shaded wings, silvery face, projecting mouth edge, petiole on the median wing vein etc
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| bonitin |
Posted on 07-02-2012 18:40
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Member Location: Gent, Belgium Posts: 348 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Thanks for the extra info Chris! next time I meet it I will sure recognize it. It might be the commenest Tachinid in England, but for me in Belgium it was the first time! |
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