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Hi,

I believe this yellow Tachinidae could be Ceromya silacea ?

Jari

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So Chris, what do You think ? Is this night flying species common in You area ?

Jari

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I need a few more angles please :) (the usual stuff - dorsal thorax & abdomen, wing etc). In my experience Ceromya spp. are very rare here in the UK - I have never caught one and I have seen less than 5 UK specimens caught recently.

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Ok, but I believe it will not be nessesery with this one. I'm 99.9% sure what this is :) You can't find these easily during daytime but they fly into malaise traps. I think it was Kahis who told me, that they fly at nigh time. It's not rare here and You will have a series of them after the season.

Jari

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Ahh, thanks - all tachinid contributions are very welcome :D

Quite a lot of the species on the British List are actually very rare here so I just don't find them, especially as I don't travel long distances to some of the 'wilder' areas. I think Ceromya spp. tend to inhabit forested places and it's not easy to find really large tracts of forest in southern England these days :(

Thanks again! :)
Chris R.

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This is the place where I get them.

Jari

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That looks lovely habitat for all kinds of things - flower-rich forest edge bordering open fields with more flowers ... good tachinid habitat :D

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Dima (Black) took some very nice photos of C. silacea - you can see them here

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C. silacea is almost a nuisance in Malaise traps, but I have only once caught it with a net. A second almost entirely yellow Ceromya (C. dorsigera) was recently found in Finland (Malaise traps at work once again), but Jari's fly is definitely C. silacea.

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spectacular tachinid!!!! :o :)