Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Which fly is this ?

Posted by Volkmar on 17-05-2025 21:00
#1

Please help to identify.

Data: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, D-59519 Büecke, 17.5.2025.

Best regards
Volkmar

Edited by Volkmar on 17-05-2025 21:02

Posted by eklans on 17-05-2025 22:00
#2

Looks like a female Billaea triangulafera (Tachinidae).

Posted by Volkmar on 18-05-2025 13:17
#3

Thank you Eric, it doesn't seem to be that easy. I noticed the black triangles on the abdomen.
Best regards, Volkmar

Posted by eklans on 18-05-2025 14:01
#4

And indeed it's not that easy: there are several flies (some Sarcophagidae and more) with triangles on the abdomen. That's why I cautiously said 'it looks like...' without a dorsal view.

Posted by Volkmar on 18-05-2025 15:24
#5

Hi Eric,

maybe the photos will help; I was able to take a photo of the lady from above and from behind.

Posted by Volkmar on 18-05-2025 15:25
#6

And from behind.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 18-05-2025 22:25
#7

I think Musca

Posted by Volkmar on 19-05-2025 17:52
#8

agreed