Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gonia picea?
Posted by Smoggycb on 17-03-2009 15:51
#1
Today from rank grassland on shingle, Rye Harbour, UK. I presume given the date and the lack of orange markings on the abdomen that this is
Gonia picea?
Posted by Zeegers on 17-03-2009 21:34
#2
Beware, the lack of orange is not reliable (happens sometimes with ornata).
But I agree, this seems to be picea
Theo
Posted by Smoggycb on 18-03-2009 08:13
#3
Thanks for that Theo. My first tachinid of the year!
Posted by ChrisR on 18-03-2009 11:01
#4
First tachinid - and such a nice one too!! Let's hope this is a sign of good things to come :) I have never caught a
Gonia in the wild ... they seem to be restricted to particularly wild areas and it's probably a bit too built-up around me in the Thames Valley.
Edited by ChrisR on 18-03-2009 11:01
Posted by Smoggycb on 18-03-2009 11:44
#5
There seem to be a few around here at the moment. On the 16th I netted one from male
Salix flowers, with one or two higher up that I couldn't reach, and yesterday there was this one and at least one more. If it is definitely
G. picea then these are first for the reserve, though there is alo a record of
G. ornata from the same place from about ten years ago. I love my job.