Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Cinochira atra on grass > ID by J. M. Almeida
Posted by lagura on 04-08-2009 23:30
#1
This little cute fly was quite camera shy. I only got this one photo. Any idea what it can be?
Size: ~2-3mm
Date: 11 July 2009
Location: On grass, roadside (Helsingborg, Sweden)
Thanks!
Edited by lagura on 05-08-2009 19:17
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 04-08-2009 23:40
#2
I DON'T BELIEVE.... Cinochira atra?!!?!? Tachinidae.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 04-08-2009 23:41
#3
they are EVERYWHERE. :o:o:o
An "alien" invasion. :)
I only saw it once. :(
Posted by lagura on 05-08-2009 19:16
#4
So it is C. atra. I thought it looked quite like it, but then ruled it out because I didn't think it would be here to.
Interestingly (or not) there is a ravine (a former clay quarry) close by with a body of water in it.
Thanks for the ID Jorge :)
Posted by Zeegers on 05-08-2009 20:19
#5
I got 2 this weak in the malaisetrap.
Very dry forest.
So forest is common divider, here, it doesn't need to be wet.
By the way, for a fly that is so often missed or misidentified, it is really very very easy to recognize it.
That is, once you know it !
Thanks
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 05-08-2009 23:30
#6
:( I wish I could catch one ... they are super-rare here