Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lydella stabulans again ? > ID by Theo as Exorista larvarum
Posted by peterbolson on 30-09-2010 19:36
#1
Looks very similar to the one I posted several weeks ago except that it is larger ( 10mm ) and much browner in colour. Is this just a normal variation, perhaps with age ? Again from my garden, on Michaelmas daisies.
Peter
Edited by peterbolson on 30-09-2010 21:44
Posted by peterbolson on 30-09-2010 19:36
#2
another
Posted by Zeegers on 30-09-2010 20:51
#3
To me, it looks VERY different: more brown/yellow as mentioned, scutellum largely reddish, wing venation different.
Moreover, it is more elongated and the bend in vein M has an shadow-appendix.
So it should be some Exorista. Given the bare eyes, lack of discal, setae and abdominal pattern, I'd say it is E. larvarum.
Theo
Posted by peterbolson on 30-09-2010 21:41
#4
Oh dear - just shows how much I have to learn :(
Many thanks for the help Theo.
Peter
Edited by peterbolson on 30-09-2010 21:42
Posted by ChrisR on 30-09-2010 23:47
#5
Yeah, sorry Peter - hate to gang up on you :D But compare the head with a
Lydella and note the mustard-yellow tint to the dusting on this one ... shouts
Exorista to me :)
Posted by Zeegers on 01-10-2010 09:12
#6
Keep working and you'll pick it up. We are just saying Tachinids are by no means easy....
Then again, Anthomyiidae are much worse (?)
Theo