Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another Tachinid --> Peleteria sp.

Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 31-05-2020 20:32
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I encountered this today (31st May 2020) in an old sandpit in northeastern Lower Saxony (Germany). This is a very xerothermic habitat with little vegetation and open soils. The fly was foraging on Thymus sp.
best regards
Jann
Edited by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 19-06-2020 20:05

Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 31-05-2020 20:32
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2nd photo

Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 31-05-2020 20:33
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3rd photo

Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 31-05-2020 20:34
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Posted by Jann Wuebbenhorst on 31-05-2020 20:35
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5th photo

Posted by John Carr on 31-05-2020 20:39
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Peleteria -- antenna of the Tachinini type with two strong parafacial bristles

Posted by Juergen Peters on 01-06-2020 03:30
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Hello,

these pseudo-Tachinas are on the wing here, too, in the last days. They were identified in this forum as Peleteria rubescens last year (from exactly the same location).