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A fly looks like Tachina fera
lweit	#1 Posted on 22-07-2006 21:04
Member Location: Posts: 609 Joined: 23.12.05	Hello Is that fly Tachina fera, photo taken in same place of Nowickia ferox in a precedent post Louis


lweit	#2 Posted on 22-07-2006 21:05
Member Location: Posts: 609 Joined: 23.12.05	a second photo of this fly


Nikita Vikhrev	#3 Posted on 22-07-2006 21:22
Member Location: Posts: 9193 Joined: 24.05.05	Hi Louis. I don't think so. In genus Tachina 2-nd antennae segment has to be long and 3-d short. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University


ChrisR	#4 Posted on 23-07-2006 10:29
Administrator Location: Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	I agree with Nikita - it's close but something isn't quite right about it for Tachina fera. Do you have any more photos of it from different angles, perhaps showing the face a bit clearer? Alternatively, if you can get a specimen I'll certainly have a look at that for you


lweit	#5 Posted on 23-07-2006 11:00
Member Location: Posts: 609 Joined: 23.12.05	Hello Chris I've have only 2 other photos of this fly


lweit	#6 Posted on 23-07-2006 11:04
Member Location: Posts: 609 Joined: 23.12.05	The second photo Another day I try to make better photo (it's difficult to take a photo of a fly on a long flower with a little wind and the fly is almost moving on the flower) or I try to catch this fly ?? Thank you Louis


ChrisR	#7 Posted on 23-07-2006 12:49
Administrator Location: Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04	The 2nd new (actually 4th) photo is a different fly - a muscid


Zeegers	#8 Posted on 30-07-2006 16:29
Member Location: Posts: 18446 Joined: 21.07.04	The Tachinid looks special, it does not ring a bell. It is NOT Tachina, as correctly pointed out. The wing venation suggests either Linnaemyia or Exorista. Since the eyes are hairy, Linnaemyia is the best bet for the moment. Has it been collected ? Theo Zeegers