Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae

Posted by Isidro on 25-10-2023 21:22
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Cuenca, Andes of Ecuador
Dry forest
7th October 2023
Size as a common blowfly

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Posted by John Carr on 25-10-2023 22:25
#2
Another of the spiny Tachinini. If the palps are absent it could be any of several genera with "Epalpus" in the name.