Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Nice red/ black winged spanish "thing".

Posted by Martin Bjerg on 17-08-2011 19:11
#1

Godt a few pics of this on Mon Juic in Barcelona in the start of july. Have been around Phasia and the like, but haven't found it. Help?

Posted by Sara21392 on 17-08-2011 20:58
#2

Is it possible Tachinidae??

Posted by Tony Irwin on 17-08-2011 21:04
#3

Trichopoda pennipes

Posted by John Carr on 19-08-2011 01:11
#4

The distinctive feature of the genus is the feather of hairs on the hind tibia. It will not be in older European keys because it is an introduced American species. You had the right subfamily.

Posted by Martin Bjerg on 19-08-2011 13:55
#5

Trichopoda pennipes. Thanks.