Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A tachinid for Theo :o)
Posted by ChrisR on 20-05-2006 20:21
#1
South Oxfordshire, England - 20/5/2006 - about 7mm. I think this is a
Phryxe nemea - but just thought I'd get it confirmed :)
Posted by ChrisR on 20-05-2006 20:21
#2
and another angle...
Posted by shar on 21-05-2006 08:11
#3
Beautifull pictures! :p
gr,
Shar
Posted by ChrisR on 21-05-2006 18:54
#4
Thx - not bad for a hand-held compact camera :)
Update: I've changed my mind - I now think it is
Aplomyia confinis ... :D
Posted by Zeegers on 22-05-2006 20:08
#5
Hi Chris,
From what I can see, esp. second picture, I would have guessed...
female Aplomyia confinis. So we agree. It is definitely not Phryxe nemea and it doesn't look Phryxe-like.
So Aplomyia confinis.
Not so common species.
Theo Zeegers
Posted by ChrisR on 22-05-2006 21:21
#6
Hi Theo, Thanks for confirming that - I thought
Phryxe because of the hairy eyes, orange scutellum and crossed&lifted apicals. But I changed my ID because I discovered I had taken a specimen a few days earlier. After running it through Belshaw it came out to
Aplomyia and it matched 4 other specimens in my collection from the same site. :D
The host works for the site too - lots of nice Lycaenids there (
P.icarus,
L.coridon,
L.bellargus,
C.rubi). We have
Cadurciella tritaeniata there too. :D
Edited by ChrisR on 22-05-2006 21:25