Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid fly

Posted by lema on 10-07-2009 08:33
#1

Istria, garden, july 3.

Posted by lema on 10-07-2009 08:35
#2

second view

Posted by Jaakko on 10-07-2009 10:07
#3

Just a guess: Allophorocera (Erycilla) ferruginea.

Jaakko

Posted by Zeegers on 10-07-2009 10:59
#4

The apical scutellar are erect and the proboscis is long, so my guess is the common Bithia modesta,
common, that is, at the Adriatic shore (as I experienced myself in Montenegro recently)

So, that is cheating, indeed.

Theo

Posted by lema on 10-07-2009 11:39
#5

Hi,

it is quite frequent in my garden, but is it realy Bithia?
Itīs realy Adriatic coast, but itīs not Montenegro

Posted by ChrisR on 10-07-2009 11:52
#6

Send me a few specimens and I'll tell you! :D ;)

Posted by lema on 10-07-2009 12:31
#7

First I need to catch some ;)

Regards

Posted by Zeegers on 10-07-2009 13:46
#8

yes, it is really Bithia


Theo