Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinid fly?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 28-04-2005 22:38
#1
Hello!

Also here in Ostwestfalen/Germany near a forest today I took these pictures of a 10mm-fly with remarkably long antennae. I assume it to be a tachinid. Is it possible to identify it with these photos? Thank you!

insektenfotos.de/ento/2804/Tachinidae_1.jpg

insektenfotos.de/ento/2804/Tachinidae_2.jpg

Posted by Gerard Pennards on 06-05-2005 23:14
#2
Hello Juergen,
You are right I think, this one is most probably a Tachinidae.
I don't know the genera very well, so we will have to wait for somebody who does!
greetings,

Posted by Zeegers on 25-05-2005 19:49
#3
It is a Tachinid and most likely, though not 100 % sure, Phryno vetula. This species can be expected to be quite common in Germany in spring in deciduous forests.

Theo Zeegers

Posted by Juergen Peters on 25-05-2005 20:59
#4
Hello!

Zeegers wrote:
It is a Tachinid and most likely, though not 100 % sure, Phryno vetula. This species can be expected to be quite common in Germany in spring in deciduous forests.


Thanks again!