Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae?

Posted by lynkos on 14-06-2007 06:35
#1
I loathe these sort of flies and find them incredibly hard to even sort into Tachinidae, Muscidae etc. But this one posed so nicely I couldn't resist. Can anyone help? Photographed a few days ago near Rome, Italy, about 7 mm long. Thanks, Sarah.

Posted by crex on 14-06-2007 06:44
#2
Family Sarcophagidae with those red eyes, I suspect, but I'm far from an expert ...

Posted by lynkos on 14-06-2007 07:09
#3
Yes, that's another family I get them mixed up with Angry Pfft!

Posted by ChrisR on 14-06-2007 08:27
#4
I'd say it's a scathophagid too Smile

Posted by crex on 14-06-2007 08:33
#5
Chris Raper wrote:
I'd say it's a scathophagid too Smile

Shock

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 14-06-2007 08:39
#6
Chris Raper wrote:
I'd say it's a scathophagid too Smile



Sarcophagid! I think. Wing venation fits well, checkered abdomen, and thosr red traffic eyes. Wink

Posted by lynkos on 14-06-2007 09:21
#7
Thanks to you all, so a Sarcophagidae it is! Sarah