Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae - Smidtia conspersa

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-04-2007 18:48
#1
Hi

* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.04.22
* size - 6 mm (medium fly)
* habitat - woodland, near river
* substrate - Heracleum sp.


Tachinidae. Which one?


EDIT ---> Title changed "Tachinidae" to "Tachinidae - Smidtia conspersa"
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 25-04-2007 17:26

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-04-2007 18:51
#2
another view

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-04-2007 18:52
#3
head profile

Posted by ChrisR on 24-04-2007 20:27
#4
It's looking a bit sick Jorge ... are you freezing them before taking the photos? Pfft

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-04-2007 20:52
#5
no... it was dead. awkward

Posted by Zeegers on 25-04-2007 16:41
#6
The parafacialia are hairy, and I can see clearly only 3 post DC bristles, so this must be Smidtia conspersa.
a spring species.


Theo