Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Large Tachinid, Hungary > Nemoraea pellucida
Posted by pwalter on 12-01-2009 00:28
#1
Hi, this is the largest Tachinid I've seen - found in W-Hungary, July. Only saw it for a blink but it seemed to be around 2 cm. Maybe Nemoraea?
Edited by pwalter on 12-01-2009 12:16
Posted by ChrisR on 12-01-2009 10:52
#2
I'd agree with
Nemoraea pellucens :) They are pretty big; with a wide, flat abdomen; they hold their wings out in that way; they have a ruff of paler hair behind the head; and the head is smaller in proportion to the body than a lot of other tachinids.
Posted by pwalter on 12-01-2009 12:13
#3
Thank You, I noticed also that they have a little head:) What do they parasitise? I found it under N pellucida, BTW.
Edited by pwalter on 12-01-2009 12:15
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 12-01-2009 12:57
#4
They can parasite:
Orthosia cerasi (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Dypterygia scabriuscula (Lepidoptera)
Hyloicus pinastri (Lepidoptera)
myabe there are much more.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 12-01-2009 12:58
Posted by ChrisR on 12-01-2009 13:49
#5
Sorry -
pelluscens ...
pellucida ... it was too early in the morning for me to remember it correctly ... next time I will wait until I have drunk my first cup of tea ;)
Posted by Zeegers on 14-01-2009 18:42
#6
It is quite unusual.
It is a male (vertex, pulvilli), however, the orange markings on the abdomen are hardly visible.....
Theo