Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachnid fly

Posted by wilde on 05-08-2010 18:25
#1

Today I saw in my garden (Koudekerke, Netherlands) this Tachinid fly (12,6 mm).
I think it could be Eurithia anthophila. Is this correct? Is it a male or female?

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Posted by wilde on 05-08-2010 18:26
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Photo 1

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Posted by wilde on 05-08-2010 18:28
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Photo 2

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Posted by wilde on 05-08-2010 18:34
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Photo 3

Posted by Zeegers on 05-08-2010 18:51
#5

Good thinking, Albert !

It is a female (broad vertex with 2 pairs of proclinate orbital setae present)

Theo

Posted by wilde on 05-08-2010 19:51
#6

Thanks