Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae => female Demoticus plebejus
#1
Perhaps 8 mms. Old dry meadow, Høvblege, Møn, Denmark, 27 June 2020.
Posted by
Zeegers on 20-12-2020 16:20
#3
Note the elongated second (apparent: first) segment of arista.
Female Demoticus plebejus, you dn’t see that often in western Europe !
Theo
#4
Thans a LOT, Theo. The locality is indeed quite unique. Calcarous dry meadow with very long continuity.
#5
It turns out that the species has been found in three loclities in Denmark, all with extensive dry meadows. Almost to the day, it has been registored 10 years before in the same locality as this one, https://www.naturbasen.dk/observation/567003/demoticus-plebejus
Posted by
Zeegers on 21-12-2020 10:48
#6
Very nice indeed.
Theo
#7
I found a web site for the area at
http://danarige.d..., with pictures of some things this fly might eat.
Posted by
Zeegers on 21-12-2020 15:31
#8
Ah, it is from Mons Klint ! Not your average meadow.
Theo