Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Calyptrate > Tachinidae: Cinochira atra
Posted by Stephen R on 05-10-2010 00:17
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3.3mm, Cltheroe UK, 4 October
Can anyone help me with this please? Sorry the photos aren't better.
Edited by Stephen R on 05-10-2010 09:26
Posted by Stephen R on 05-10-2010 00:18
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Posted by Stephen R on 05-10-2010 00:19
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Posted by Rui Andrade on 05-10-2010 00:42
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Cinochira atra (Tachinidae):D
Posted by Stephen R on 05-10-2010 09:25
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Thanks Rui! They do say that rules exist to be broken :S
Posted by ChrisR on 05-10-2010 09:50
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That's a really good find - well done :D They're pretty rare ... but that's probably just because they are so small that hardly anyone sees them :) Will you be sending the record to me with your other tach recs for this year? :)
Posted by Stephen R on 05-10-2010 10:00
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Yes I'll do that.
Paracraspedothrix is still with us too, though I hardly saw them till the leaf-fall started. I suspect they spend most of their time above head height.
Posted by ChrisR on 05-10-2010 10:25
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Great - thanks :) That's an interesting observation regarding
Paracraspedothrix ... they usually inhabit damp, wooded areas so perhaps leaf-litter really suits them.
Edited by ChrisR on 05-10-2010 10:25
Posted by conopid on 05-10-2010 14:52
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Interestingly, I swept a Paracraspdothrix off an ash tree in my suburban garden last week. Swept from about 4 metres height. Will try sweeping again soon to see if there are any more.
Posted by ChrisR on 05-10-2010 16:31
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If you go by the collecting data damp driveways and kitchen windows are habitats that are just as likely to yield
Paracraspedothrix :D
The only one I found here had flown into my car when I got in and was caught on the car window :)
Edited by ChrisR on 05-10-2010 16:32
Posted by Zeegers on 05-10-2010 18:47
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and this is rulebreaker number 1 indeed.
Theo