Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae: Pales pavida?

Posted by Stephen R on 06-05-2011 12:32
#1

8.5mm, Clitheroe UK, 2 May 2011.

Is this a female P. pavida? It hid under a leaf when I pointed the camera at it. Is that how it got its specific epithet?

Posted by ChrisR on 06-05-2011 12:35
#2

Can't see the facial ridge bristles but it is bluish and has pale tibiae and hairy eyes so it's a fair bet :)

Posted by Stephen R on 06-05-2011 13:09
#3

ChrisR wrote:
it's a fair bet :)


Thanks Chris! Do you know anyone who is offering decent odds? :D