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A tachinid
lweit	#1 Posted on 11-07-2006 18:59
Member Location: Posts: 609 Joined: 23.12.05	Hello A fly fly on a flower in a wood, a tachinid ? Thank you for your help Louis


lweit	#2 Posted on 11-07-2006 19:01
Member Location: Posts: 609 Joined: 23.12.05	Another photo of this fly Photo taken in NE of France, near Metz


lweit	#3 Posted on 11-07-2006 19:02
Member Location: Posts: 609 Joined: 23.12.05	Last photo of this fly A+ Louis


ChrisR	#4 Posted on 12-07-2006 09:24
Administrator Location: Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Certainly a tachinid ... but it's frustrating because I can't quite see the face well enough to know if it has a plumose arista My guess is it is a dexiine but I can't say for sure - one for Theo I think


lweit	#5 Posted on 12-07-2006 12:31
Member Location: Posts: 609 Joined: 23.12.05	Another photo of this fly with a part ot the face Louis


lweit	#6 Posted on 12-07-2006 12:31
Member Location: Posts: 609 Joined: 23.12.05	Another photo of this fly with a part ot the face Louis


ChrisR	#7 Posted on 12-07-2006 14:33
Administrator Location: Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Thanks for those - but aren't they the sames as photo #2? I still don't see the face clearly enough to know if the arista is hairy or not


lweit	#8 Posted on 12-07-2006 20:42
Member Location: Posts: 609 Joined: 23.12.05	Excuse me Chris Louis


ChrisR	#9 Posted on 12-07-2006 23:54
Administrator Location: Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	Nevermind - tachinids are infuriatingly difficult to identify from photos. It doesn't seem to matter how many photos you take - you will always be missing that 1 vital angle showing a part of the fly you thought would be totally insignificant!


Zeegers	#10 Posted on 31-07-2006 10:36
Member Location: Posts: 18446 Joined: 21.07.04	Chris is right: the arista should be plumose, in which case this would be Dinera ferina, a male Theo Zeegers