Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Thelaira? again

Posted by tim worfolk on 21-06-2009 07:05
#1

Same site as my previous Thelaira (if this is indeed Thelaira). Slightly fresher individual, slightly better photos, though I'm not sure it helps much.

20/6/2009; Devon, England.

Tim

Posted by tim worfolk on 21-06-2009 07:05
#2

another view.

Tim

Posted by ChrisR on 21-06-2009 08:23
#3

Yes, looks like Thelaira nigripes again - long gangly legs, big eyes ... should also have a plumose arista but I can't quite make it out in the photos :)

Posted by tim worfolk on 21-06-2009 08:35
#4

Thanks Chris, I can't clearly see the plumose arista in any of my original shots either - need to get a little closer. Here's another angle - rotten exposure due to the sun appearing - but it shows the mid tibia (on the far side) from a different angle.

Tim

Posted by ChrisR on 21-06-2009 08:39
#5

Yeah, a couple of ad bristles suggests T.nigripes. I find them quite commonly around here, along the banks of a local river, sitting out on the foliage :)