Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae? -> Sarcophaga sp.!

Posted by Volker Achterberg on 11-03-2021 13:48
#1
date: 20 June 2019; location: in Hamburg, Germany, in my garden which is close to a park with large trees and a pond;
could it be Exorista larvarum?
Thanks for any ID help!
Best regards,
Volker
Edited by Volker Achterberg on 11-03-2021 17:41

Posted by Volker Achterberg on 11-03-2021 13:49
#2
2nd picture

Posted by eklans on 11-03-2021 14:04
#3
Hi Volker, it's a Sarcophaga sp.

Greetings, Eric

Posted by John Carr on 11-03-2021 17:27
#4
Sarcophagidae typically have three dark stripes on the thorax. Tachinidae rarely do outside of tribe Dexiini, or have a broad middle stripe (see Meigenia and Nemorilla).

Posted by Volker Achterberg on 11-03-2021 17:41
#5
Thank you very much, Eric and John, for your ID help and explaining the difference between Tachanidae and Sarcophagidae!
Best regards,
Volker