Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid ID -> Blepharipa pratensis

Posted by Carnifex on 23-06-2021 16:28
#1
Mid June, at the boarder of a lake in Vienna.

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Edited by Carnifex on 25-06-2021 18:53

Posted by eklans on 24-06-2021 07:16
#2
Hi Lorin, not sure, but Sturmia bella?
(usually later in the year but according to T&H key also from V-X)

Posted by Zeegers on 25-06-2021 07:49
#3
Close. Sturmia is later in the year and darker. This is Blepharipa pratensis, typically found in Oak forest may - june.

Theo

Posted by Carnifex on 25-06-2021 18:52
#4
Thanks both. Blepharipa was initially included in Sturmia. Deciduous woodland was nearby, about oaks I am not sure.

Posted by Zeegers on 26-06-2021 08:21
#5
Its typical host is Lymantria dispar.

Theo

Posted by Carnifex on 26-06-2021 12:40
#6
Yep, I read it in Tschorsnig's work TumbsUp