Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Phasia sp, Tachinidae, Hungary, May

Posted by pwalter on 18-05-2009 20:01
#1

Hi, is this awesome pair the male and female of the same species? Which is which? In forest, by brook, E Hungary.

Posted by pwalter on 18-05-2009 20:01
#2

2

Posted by pwalter on 18-05-2009 20:02
#3

3

Posted by pwalter on 18-05-2009 20:02
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4

Posted by Zeegers on 18-05-2009 20:49
#5

Thanks for the closeup, but with such orange pleural hairs, it is always hemiptera


Theo

Posted by pwalter on 18-05-2009 21:18
#6

Thank You! Which is the male? The blackish-winged?

Posted by ChrisR on 18-05-2009 23:41
#7

Both are males - just one is darker-marked than the other. Phasia hemiptera is very variable in colour ... females have no wing colour and a much more 'normal' wing shape with less orange on the abdomen :)