Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Carcelia
Posted by hedy2411 on 23-05-2011 20:24
#1
I found it swimming in the pool and I helped to bring it to a dry part at a stone. It came to thank me at my hand.. :) and flew away.
It is a big Tachinid of about 10mm.
Who knows the name...?
Edited by hedy2411 on 28-05-2011 20:14
Posted by hedy2411 on 23-05-2011 20:25
#2
...at my hand...
Posted by hedy2411 on 23-05-2011 20:31
#3
..close-up..
Posted by ChrisR on 23-05-2011 20:43
#4
Looks like a
Carcelia :)
Posted by hedy2411 on 26-05-2011 16:58
#5
Hello Chris,
For Carcelia are many types... is it not possible to have an indication for this one...? Or which one is the common one..?
Regards,
Hedy
Posted by ChrisR on 26-05-2011 18:08
#6
Could be
lucorum ... doesn't look like
bombylans ... but there are other alternatives - maybe Theo can say more? :)
Posted by Zeegers on 27-05-2011 17:17
#7
Looks very very much like Carcelia iliaca, the parasitoid of Thaumetopoea !
Theo
Posted by hedy2411 on 28-05-2011 20:09
#8
Chris and Theo, many thanks again!!
Maybe this half-back position can help a little....?
Edited by hedy2411 on 28-05-2011 20:09
Posted by Zeegers on 29-05-2011 09:25
#9
There is little doubt with me it is iliaca
Theo
Posted by hedy2411 on 29-05-2011 13:36
#10
So, this picture helped for the contrary...:)
I thought that I had so many photo's instead of the usual one shot... It's a pity as there are not many kinds in our Dutch register system.
Well, at least we tried and I thank Chris and you for your help!!
Regards,
Hedy
Edited by hedy2411 on 29-05-2011 13:39
Posted by Stephen R on 29-05-2011 18:51
#11
Hedy, I think Theo means that it very probably is
C. iliaca. There's a difference between 'I have little doubt' and 'I have a little doubt' :)
Posted by Zeegers on 29-05-2011 19:55
#12
Stephen is an excellent interpreter.
Theo
Posted by Jaakko on 29-05-2011 21:27
#13
Zeegers wrote:
Looks very very much like Carcelia iliaca, the parasitoid of Thaumetopoea !
This one is quite high on my wanted list... As it happens there is an outbreak of
Thaumatopoea in the region (they needed to close down some playfields etc.). So I thought I got
Phorocera grandis (also a parasitoid of Thaumatopoea) today, but no:
Parasetigena silvestris 1m1f. Close call... A new species for me anyways!
Posted by ChrisR on 29-05-2011 21:29
#14
Yes, if I got
Parasetigena silvestris here then I'd be happy :D We have very few
Thaumatopoea here though so ...
Posted by hedy2411 on 30-05-2011 10:11
#15
Stephen and Theo, if I understand you well, it may be a Carcelia cf iliaca...?!!! :D
Edited by hedy2411 on 30-05-2011 10:12