Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae -> Lypha dubia, male

Posted by Volker Achterberg on 17-04-2023 14:20
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date: 15 April 2023; location: in Hamburg, Germany; at groundfloor on the wall of a house; the house has a small garden close to a park with large trees and a pond; temperature: about 13°C with some sun; about 9 mm long; probably a Tachinidae species, but what genus?
Thank you for any ID comments!
Best regards, Volker
Edited by Volker Achterberg on 18-04-2023 14:46

Posted by Volker Achterberg on 17-04-2023 14:21
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2nd picture

Posted by Volker Achterberg on 17-04-2023 14:22
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3rd picture

Posted by Zeegers on 17-04-2023 14:57
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Male Lypha dubia, one of the most common around in April.


Nice pictures !

Theo

Posted by Volker Achterberg on 17-04-2023 15:15
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Zeegers wrote:
Male Lypha dubia, one of the most common around in April.


Nice pictures !

Theo


Thanks a lot for your help!
(pictures 1 and 3 were obtained by focus stacking macro photography, as the fly sat motionless on the wall)