Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid (?) in house from Feb-12 --> Triathria setipennis

Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-02-2008 21:40
#1
Hello!

Angie Opitz, a user of my forum, found this 6 mm fly yesterday in her house in Tyrol/Austria. Could it be a Tachinid? Maybe it has hatched from some Lepidoptera pupa residing at firewood.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 14-02-2008 21:31

Posted by Juergen Peters on 13-02-2008 21:41
#2
Another picture.

Posted by Zeegers on 14-02-2008 20:53
#3
Yeap, Tachinidae

Difficult to see from this angle, but it is Triathria setipennis. One of the few Tachinids in Dermaptera. It may complete it's lifecycle indoors. That's why this one is so early


Theo

Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-02-2008 21:26
#4
Hello, Theo!

Zeegers wrote:
Difficult to see from this angle, but it is Triathria setipennis. One of the few Tachinids in Dermaptera. It may complete it's lifecycle indoors. That's why this one is so early


Thanks a lot! Interesting fly... Earwings are surely occuring in the firewood.