Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gymnocheta viridis, Tachinidae
Posted by JariF on 20-12-2010 18:49
#1
Hi,
I found some of these when I went trough my Calliphoridae from last summer. The bare arista makes me wonder..., but what else could this beautiful blue fly be ? May 21. 2010 Helsinki, Finland
Jari
Edited by JariF on 20-12-2010 19:25
Posted by ChrisR on 20-12-2010 19:02
#2
Ohh, nice - you sure that it doesn't have a subscutellum? :)
Posted by JariF on 20-12-2010 19:05
#3
In fact it does, so Tachinidae. Somewhere near
Chrysomopsis aurata maybe ...
Jari
Posted by ChrisR on 20-12-2010 19:11
#4
I thought it might :D
Palps yellow =
Chrysosomopsis ... brown/black =
Gymnocheta :)
Edited by ChrisR on 20-12-2010 19:11
Posted by JariF on 20-12-2010 19:25
#5
And the winner is ....... Gymnocheta viridis :D Not very rare but a new one for me anyway. Thank's Chris.
Jari
Posted by ChrisR on 20-12-2010 19:30
#6
Haha - good for you! :D They're on every tree and fence post here in early Spring ... usually my first tachinid of the year ;) They can be quite variable in colour - your photo looks quite blue but in life they are often green so I wonder if being in alcohol might change the colour a bit.