Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Eriothrix sp. (tachinidae)

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 28-07-2011 18:37
#1

hi flyforum,

I found this tachinidae on the window in our house.
It's a Eriothrix so. I guess?

What kind of Eriothrix?

place: Almere buiten
date: 28-07-2011

if necesarry, I got more detailed pictures, other views.

greeting Robert

Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 28-07-2011 18:41

Posted by sd on 28-07-2011 19:11
#2

More like Mintho I think - reddish femur and high abdomen - they like walls and buildings too.

Steve

Posted by Zeegers on 28-07-2011 20:05
#3

Totally agree, and there is only one in Central Europe

M. rufiventris

(to be clear to Robert)


Theo

Posted by ChrisR on 28-07-2011 20:55
#4

Yup - even from the side it looks like Mintho :)

Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 28-07-2011 21:06
#5

Thank you for your comments

This species was new for me, did not see it before.

greeting Robert