Thread subject: Diptera.info :: brown and black Tachinid

Posted by Sundew on 22-05-2010 20:57
#1

Hi,
In a wood I came across this nice Tachinid today. Is it perhaps a Thelaira nigripes?
Thanks for help, Sundew

Posted by ChrisR on 22-05-2010 21:17
#2

Yes - looks good to me :) Big eyes, plumose arista & 2-3 anterodorsal bristles on middle tibia.

Edited by ChrisR on 22-05-2010 21:18

Posted by Sundew on 22-05-2010 21:41
#3

Thank you, Chris - but in all my pics I could not spot a plumose arista, even at maximum magnification...

Posted by ChrisR on 22-05-2010 22:07
#4

I used my imagination (knowing it must be there) ;)