Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid with yellowish scutellum -> Carcelia iliaca (probably)
Posted by Carnifex on 02-05-2020 20:21
#1
Hi,
in a forest in Vienna, end of April
Edited by Carnifex on 07-05-2020 08:21
Posted by Zeegers on 03-05-2020 07:42
#2
Forest as in oak forest ? With Thaumetopoea ?
Theo
Posted by Carnifex on 03-05-2020 08:26
#3
Yes, this is a mixed forest with beech, pine and oak (quercus cerris)
Posted by Zeegers on 03-05-2020 18:08
#4
Many features do not show, but gut feeling is female Carcelia iliaca. The only Carcelia with dark tibiae (except for any very rare Alpine thing). Specialist on Thaumetopoea.
Theo
Posted by Carnifex on 07-05-2020 08:20
#5
Thank you Theo, very interesting!