Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Meigenia (probably)
Posted by tim worfolk on 13-05-2010 14:59
#1
Apologies for the dreadful photo, couldn't get anything better in the wind and sun. It doesn't quite match anything I've seen previously and I can get nowhere keying it, can't see enough detail, but perhaps one of the experts will recognise it?
13/5/2010; Devon, England
thanks
Tim
Edited by tim worfolk on 15-05-2010 15:04
Posted by ChrisR on 13-05-2010 19:38
#2
Looks a bit
Meigenia-ish to me :)
Posted by tim worfolk on 13-05-2010 20:07
#3
That's interesting; I did an image search for
Meigenia and came up with this -
http://www.dipter...d_id=24476
- a fly I'd photographed last August, same site. If I see it again I'll try to catch it - it would be nice to know which species it is.
thanks
Tim
Posted by ChrisR on 13-05-2010 20:25
#4
If it is a
Meigenia then it needs to be a male and we need to see genitalia :D
Posted by Zeegers on 15-05-2010 08:05
#5
I agree, looks Meigenia-ish and given the English weather conditions, the pic is not that bad at all.
However, we can't see the apical scutellar bristles, to confirm our hunch.
Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 15-05-2010 08:34
#6
Brrrr - don't mention the British weather ... I just got used to 25C in Moscow - then I had to come home to 10C :S