Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tachinidae - Gonia sp.?
|
|
| nick upton |
Posted on 06-04-2012 16:30
|
|
Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 833 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Awful photo (couldn't get anywhere near these very alert flies, so this is a huge crop) but distinctive iridescent orange bulbous head, visible as they flew. I may be able to get closer another time as I'll be returning to this site. Maybe Gonia picea or is a MUCH better photo needed to be sure of anything?! 12mm MArch 27th Sandy heathland, Bedforshire nick upton attached the following image:  [167.41Kb] Edited by nick upton on 06-04-2012 16:31 Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
|
|
|
| ChrisR |
Posted on 07-04-2012 13:27
|
 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Gonia picea - seems to be having an excellent year across England ... I saw them for the first time in the field this Spring in a locality that hadn't had them before ... in good numbers too. I am guessing that they like warm, dry Springs 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
 |
|
| nick upton |
Posted on 07-04-2012 14:57
|
|
Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 833 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks Chris. Almost a first for me to ID a tachinid correctly - and from a dodgy pic. too. Will try to get closer next time I'm on the heath.. I saw lots there when it was warm and hope it will be again soon...
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
|
|
|
| Jump to Forum: |