Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phorocera (was: Tachinidae)
Posted by hedy2411 on 07-01-2011 22:37
#1
Is it possible to ID this fly...?
Picture is made 29-4-2009 in Zeist, Holland
Edited by ChrisR on 09-01-2011 18:59
Posted by ChrisR on 07-01-2011 22:53
#2
I'm going to make a guess and say
Lypha dubia ... but it is a bit of a guess - time of year, mottled dusting, brown base colour etc. If we could see the pteropleural bristle and metathoracic spiracle then we would know for sure :D
Also, can you try to make each title/subject different? There are just a few threads called "Tachinidae" at the moment and in the "New Posts" screen they all look the same now ;)
Edited by ChrisR on 07-01-2011 22:54
Posted by Zeegers on 08-01-2011 11:46
#3
the abdomen is too elongated, though,
I'd say Phorocera obscura
Theo
Posted by hedy2411 on 08-01-2011 19:25
#4
...I still have this one...
Edited by hedy2411 on 08-01-2011 19:27
Posted by hedy2411 on 08-01-2011 19:29
#5
...and a frontal one...
Can it help?
Posted by ChrisR on 08-01-2011 19:38
#6
Well, if Theo thinks it is
Phorocera obscura then I would go along with that. I think I was just confused because the abdomen isn't quite as elongated as I am used to (I don't see many) and I think I am used to the image of males, which have a slightly more distinctive shape :)
Posted by hedy2411 on 08-01-2011 19:50
#7
So, this is a lady...?
Posted by Zeegers on 09-01-2011 18:07
#8
Yes it is and given the better view on the antennae, I still think it is Phorocera obscura
Theo
Posted by hedy2411 on 09-01-2011 18:21
#9
Chris and Theo, much obliged!! :)
Regards,
Hedy