Posted by peterbolson on 15-08-2010 19:50
#1
Loads of these about at the moment in my garden, mainly on white daisy type flowers. 9mm long.
I think it's a tachinid rather than a calliphorid although I'm not too sure how to tell the difference without looking at the ventral sternites . I'd be grateful for an ID.
Peter
I'm having second thoughts. With those big feet I think it's probably one of the sarcophaginae.
Edited by peterbolson on 15-08-2010 19:56
Posted by ChrisR on 15-08-2010 20:54
#3
Sarcophagid (red eyes, stripy thorax and checker-board abdomen) :) The big pulvilli mean it is probably a male so you could ID it if you pulled out the genitalia :)
Edited by ChrisR on 15-08-2010 21:01