 Please help me to identify this
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| tomongoose |
Posted on 14-08-2007 19:07
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Hello, My friend Paul Burly saw this on the South Devon coast and asked me if iI could identify this I have no idea and its not in any of my basic id books could anyone help I have some better pictures if that angle is no good Thanks Tom Edited by tomongoose on 15-08-2007 11:20 |
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| tomongoose |
Posted on 14-08-2007 19:08
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p.s its about the size of a bee
Edited by tomongoose on 15-08-2007 11:24 |
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| crex |
Posted on 14-08-2007 19:12
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Tachina grossa? Skip the white border to make the photo a bit bigger  |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-08-2007 19:15
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Mesembrina meridiana. Muscidae. |
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| Pierre55 |
Posted on 14-08-2007 19:27
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I second Jorge Pierre Pierre OGER 4217 H?ron (BELGIUM) |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-08-2007 19:35
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Tachina
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 14-08-2007 19:37
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I second crex, and whoever says Tachina grossa
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-08-2007 19:40
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I second crex, and whoever says Tachina grossa you are 3-rd :D:D:D Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-08-2007 19:41
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i don?t see any strong bristles in abdomen.. and T. grossa in gallery is not so dark like this one.. but really the head seems to resembles more a Tachina.. Who will win? LOL |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 14-08-2007 19:58
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Come on, the bristles on its back (behind right tarsus 3) are thick like nails ! Moreover, Mesembrina doesn't have these white hairs on the occiput. And the wing venation, there is a sharp bend in vein M. So to me, Tachina grossa without doubt. Theo |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 14-08-2007 20:02
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ok. you convinced me, Theo! Tachina grossa is the winner. |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 14-08-2007 20:03
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I second ... third?... fourth?! Tachina grossa The pale head with its 'ruff' of hairs is very distinctive. Tom: could you PM me and let me have the record (location, grid ref, date etc) for the tachinid recording scheme? |
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| tomongoose |
Posted on 15-08-2007 11:18
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Its body is not as hairy as Tachina grossa its body is very shiny it looks more like mesembrina meridiana but the head is wrong and it has a more bulbous body. I will try and put some better pictures on in a couple of days
Edited by tomongoose on 15-08-2007 11:45 |
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