Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid from 16.05.13: Tachina fera?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-05-2013 17:02
#1
Hello!

Can T. magnicornis be ruled out here? About 12 mm, on courtyard (northwest Germany).

1100x1100 picture: http://insektenfo...tID=173598

Posted by Jaakko on 18-05-2013 18:56
#2
It´s a teneral female... so I pass. The coloration varies a lot in these.

Cheers,

Jaakko

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-05-2013 19:40
#3
Hello, Jaako!

Jaakko wrote:
It´s a teneral female... so I pass.


Ahh, its teneral, thanks! I thought with these light hairs behind the head it could only be T. fera. I wondered, why it was not able to fly. It was only "hopping" on the ground.