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 3 Flies in one day, Are they all Archytas?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 19-08-2006 17:04
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
I went higher into the mountains a few days ago (August 16) and took photos of three nice Tachinid flies. When I got home I compared them with Internet photos, and it looks to me like maybe all three are in the same genus, Archytas. I hope someone can confirm that, or correct me. First, fly #1, she (?) is feeding on the wildflower Yarrow. Stephen attached the following image:  [85.19Kb] Edited by Stephen on 19-08-2006 17:09 --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 19-08-2006 17:08
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Here is fly number 2, she (?) was just resting on the ground surrounded by pebbles.
Stephen attached the following image:  [143.19Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 19-08-2006 17:12
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
The third one was on low plants alongside the Blackwater River, a small stream. Are all three of these flies females, or do male Tachinids just not have eyes set close together? Stephen attached the following image:  [84.36Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 19-08-2006 17:14
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Well, they're all tachinids  ... and they *look* similar to my specimens of Archytas here but I couldn't go much further than that  |
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