Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae from Holland

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 13-05-2007 16:56
#1
Today (13 may) I saw several medium sized flies which I think are Tachinidae. First (VERY first!) impression is Mesembrina, but they are smaller, and when in good view you immediately see all the bristels! What a spiny beauty... Knee-high grassland with buttercups; Amstelveen, the Netherlands.

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 13-05-2007 16:57
#2
and a second photograph

Posted by ChrisR on 13-05-2007 16:59
#3
Zophomyia temula Smile Very distinctive with those orange wing-bases and shiny black body. Like a small, bristly Mesembrina meridiana Grin
Edited by ChrisR on 13-05-2007 17:00

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 13-05-2007 19:33
#4
Thanks for the ID, I uploaded the first picture to the gallery.

Posted by Zeegers on 13-05-2007 19:42
#5
Very early record, as many this year


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