Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid from 13.05.21 --> Meigenia sp.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-05-2021 20:11
#1
Hello,

at first I thought, this 7 mm fly on a hawthorn leaf in our garden today (northwest Germany) was Phorocera obscura, but when looking at it now I'm not sure anymore...
Edited by Juergen Peters on 14-05-2021 12:07

Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-05-2021 20:11
#2
Pic #2

Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-05-2021 20:11
#3
Pic #3

Posted by John Carr on 14-05-2021 00:08
#4
Meigenia?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-05-2021 00:12
#5
John Carr wrote:
Meigenia?


Thanks, John! That was my second thought, but I don't have any experience with that genus.

Posted by Zeegers on 14-05-2021 08:43
#6
Erect apical scutellars are a big hint


Theo

Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-05-2021 12:06
#7
Zeegers wrote:
Erect apical scutellars are a big hint


Thanks, Theo!