Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another tachnidae ?
Posted by guenille on 05-07-2007 13:06
#1
Near Paris
july 4th, 2007
16h08
7-10mm
Thanks
Edith
Posted by ChrisR on 05-07-2007 13:21
#2
It certainly looks like a tachinid, but it isn't one I have seen in the UK :( Did you take a specimen?
Posted by guenille on 06-07-2007 02:58
#3
Chris
Sorry, for me nature is too pretty to be destroy. I never kill a fly or any else. Anyway, if I killed one, I don't know what I will do with it :)
But exceptionnelly if you want and if I find it again, I can try to catch one and send to you. I will ask somebody how to do it
I hope you can understand what I say because my engllish is so bad like my knowledge about diptere :(
Edith
Edited by guenille on 06-07-2007 06:42
Posted by ChrisR on 06-07-2007 09:23
#4
Hi Edith,
If you don't feel confident with specimens then don't worry - though I would be happy to give advice if you do want to try. Tachinids are not a 'difficult' group but to identify them often we must see quite small features, such as individual hairs & bristles on the face, body, legs & wings. Of course, some genera are bigger, more colourful and generally easier to identify but most are not ;)
Chris R.
Posted by guenille on 07-07-2007 06:58
#5
Just another picture, perhaps a little better
Posted by Zeegers on 13-07-2007 20:32
#6
Seems to be Halidaya aurea, compare with recently added photos
Theo Zeegers