 More ID help required!
|
|
| jezlee |
Posted on 28-05-2007 17:48
|
 Member Location: Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
Another fly that was photographed in the UK (25th May 2007) on a bramble/nettle patch next to a canal in the West Midlands. Can anyone help me in it's identification? Many thanks in advance for your help! Jeremy |
 |
|
| ChrisR |
Posted on 28-05-2007 18:45
|
 Administrator Location: Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Reminds me of Nemorilla floralis (Tachinidae), but I'm not very confident about that ID because I can't see many of the key-able features (scutellar bristles, facial bristles etc). Maybe Theo can add something?  |
|
|
|
| jezlee |
Posted on 28-05-2007 19:25
|
|
Member Location: Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
Chris Raper wrote: Reminds me of Nemorilla floralis (Tachinidae), but I'm not very confident about that ID because I can't see many of the key-able features (scutellar bristles, facial bristles etc). Maybe Theo can add something? I think this is the same fly, if it helps, Chris .... |
|
|
|
| Zeegers |
Posted on 28-05-2007 19:25
|
|
Member Location: Posts: 18446 Joined: 21.07.04 |
I think it's a great call, Chris. Theo |
|
|
|
| Zeegers |
Posted on 28-05-2007 19:26
|
|
Member Location: Posts: 18446 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Upps, too fast. The abdominal pattern has a typical jizz, I know, not much of a feature if you're not familiar with the species. And the long yellowish hairs on occiput add to this jizz. Theo |
|
|
|
| jezlee |
Posted on 28-05-2007 19:43
|
|
Member Location: Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
Zeegers wrote: Upps, too fast. The abdominal pattern has a typical jizz, I know, not much of a feature if you're not familiar with the species. And the long yellowish hairs on occiput add to this jizz. Theo Thanks, Theo for your help - I am a complete novice with flies! Could you explain what or where the occiput is? Jez Edited by jezlee on 28-05-2007 19:44 |
|
|
|
| ChrisR |
Posted on 28-05-2007 20:07
|
|
Administrator Location: Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Theo is refering to the yellow 'collar' of hairs behind the head. Most tachinid flies have white and/or black hairs behind the head but a few genera have really bushy pale hairs (Exorista, Eurithia etc). My (educated) guess on the identity was based on: very hairy eyes; lots of pale hairs behind the head; the lack of some other features; and I then checked the dusting pattern on the thorax against my photo of a Nemorilla at http://tachinidae...brcno=9601 If we could have seen a few other features it would have been a very easy ID - particular the humeral callus - the "shoulders" that make up the forward corners of the thorax, where N. floralis has 3 bristles arranged in a forward-pointing triangle |
|
|
|
| Jump to Forum: |
but don't see the image in the post.