Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Mating Tachini
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 10-04-2010 00:45
#1
hi flyforum,
You will always see, you wanna go home and you're camera-equipment is already in your bag. And then you see.., a couple Tahini mating on your bag :D !!!!
Alright!!, let start again..
After some time, I took this mating Tachini and they didn't wanna leave my bag at all!
Now I am wondering what kind of species this Tachini is?
IF needed, I got them also dorsal or a detail of the headparts?
greeting Robert,
Posted by Roger Thomason on 10-04-2010 00:48
#2
Aye....It's a hard life Robert...:D
Roger
Posted by Jaakko on 11-04-2010 20:26
#3
Cyzenis albicans
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 11-04-2010 23:25
#4
hi Jaakko,
Thanks for posting!
greeting Robert
Posted by ChrisR on 12-04-2010 09:16
#5
The early-season flight period and yellowish dusting seems quite distinctive ... it's another one that I find quite rarely here in the UK but I don't often collect near large blocks of woodland so maybe that's the reason?
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 12-04-2010 12:17
#6
Hereby a close-up from the head
thankx for your addition Chris;)
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 12-04-2010 12:17
Posted by Jaakko on 12-04-2010 13:50
#7
Strange thing is that they are not this yellow here, much more silverish! Face profile and stubby appearance are quite revealing for this genus.
I don't see them every year, but sometimes they can be quite numerous. Try looking for sap runs on birches!
C. jucunda is also fairly common but usually less numerous here. These have striped butt that makes them possible to identify even on field!