Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small Tachinid ? fly ID

Posted by LordV on 13-05-2010 07:58
#1
Smallish fly around 5mm body length taken yesterday South coast UK on a bamboo leaf - is it a Tachinid ?

Thanks
Brian v.

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Posted by tim worfolk on 13-05-2010 08:34
#2
looks more Sarcophagidae to me - big red eyes, appendix on medial vein..

Tim

Posted by Zeegers on 13-05-2010 08:34
#3
Very interesting.

Amobia sp. (Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae),
which are known parasitoids of Aculeata with nests in hollow stems (like.... bamboo !)


Theo

Posted by LordV on 13-05-2010 10:17
#4
Thanks for IDs and info :)
Brian v.