Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Please help me to identify this
#1
Hello,
My friend Paul Burly saw this on the South Devon coast and asked me if iI could identify this I have no idea and its not in any of my basic id books could anyone help I have some better pictures if that angle is no good
Thanks
Tom
#2
p.s its about the size of a bee
Posted by
crex on 14-08-2007 19:12
#3
Tachina grossa? Skip the white border to make the photo a bit bigger
#4
Mesembrina meridiana. Muscidae.
#5
I second Jorge
Pierre
#6
Tachina
Posted by
Kahis on 14-08-2007 19:37
#7
I second crex, and whoever says
Tachina grossa
#8
I second crex, and whoever says Tachina grossa
you are 3-rd :D:D:D
#9
i don?t see any strong bristles in abdomen.. and T. grossa in gallery is not so dark like this one..
but really the head seems to resembles more a Tachina..
Who will win?
LOL
Posted by
Zeegers on 14-08-2007 19:58
#10
Come on, the bristles on its back (behind right tarsus 3) are thick like nails ! Moreover, Mesembrina doesn't have these white hairs on the occiput. And the wing venation, there is a sharp bend in vein M.
So to me, Tachina grossa without doubt.
Theo
#11
ok. you convinced me, Theo! Tachina grossa is the winner.
Posted by
ChrisR on 14-08-2007 20:03
#12
I second ... third?... fourth?!
Tachina grossa The pale head with its 'ruff' of hairs is very distinctive.
Tom: could you PM me and let me have the record (location, grid ref, date etc) for the tachinid recording scheme?
#13
Its body is not as hairy as Tachina grossa its body is very shiny it looks more like mesembrina meridiana but the head is wrong and it has a more bulbous body. I will try and put some better pictures on in a couple of days