Posted by tristram on 12-03-2012 01:15
#1
I think this is a
Macquartia grisea, male. Am I correct? If so then it is my first Tachinid of the year. Initially I dismissed it as just another Muscid but on a second look I noticed the long hairs on the abdomen.
Photo taken in Reading, UK on 2012-03-11.
Edited by tristram on 13-10-2012 23:32
Posted by ChrisR on 13-03-2012 19:13
#2
Hard to say from 1 photo but I think it might be too early for any Macquartia spp. Do you have more photos?
Posted by ChrisR on 13-03-2012 19:13
#3
Hard to say from 1 photo but I think it might be too early for any Macquartia spp. Do you have more photos?
Posted by tristram on 13-03-2012 20:43
#4
Unfortunately my only other photo was from the same angle and rather blurred.
I based my identification/guess on similarity with a photo by Tim Worfolk here:
http://www.dipter...ost_131725
I'll go up and see if I can get any more photos later this week.
[Note added later: The following thread confirms that
M. grisea was present in the same area only a few weeks later :
http://www.dipter...d_id=46398 ]
Edited by tristram on 13-10-2012 23:35