Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachina magnicornis?
Posted by bonitin on 07-02-2012 16:40
#1
Hi,
Could this one be Tachina magnicornis? I met it in the local nature reserve, Gent, Belgium on 10th August 2010
Thank you!
Myriam
Posted by bonitin on 07-02-2012 16:41
#2
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Posted by ChrisR on 07-02-2012 16:44
#3
Not really very close - it's
Eriothrix rufomaculata ;)
Posted by bonitin on 07-02-2012 16:59
#4
Wow, that was quick! Thanks a bunch Chris!:)
Edited by bonitin on 07-02-2012 16:59
Posted by ChrisR on 07-02-2012 17:35
#5
No problem - they are probably the commonest tachinids here and have many distinctive characteristics - red abdominal side patches, shaded wings, silvery face, projecting mouth edge, petiole on the median wing vein etc :)
Posted by bonitin on 07-02-2012 18:40
#6
Thanks for the extra info Chris! next time I meet it I will sure recognize it. It might be the commenest Tachinid in England, but for me in Belgium it was the first time!;)