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 Tachinid ?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 08-09-2006 10:34
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
This is Tachinidae, right? Is it possible to take the ID any further? What a robust thorax! The bristles seem thinner than usual. The photo was taken on a garden flower, West Virginia, USA, 3 September 2006. ID help appreciated. Stephen attached the following image:  [77.23Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 08-09-2006 13:59
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9551 Joined: 24.05.05 |
The bristles are thin because it belongs to Phasiinae subfamily (I think). Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 08-09-2006 14:22
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I am not convinced it is a tachinid ... but I know very little about the North American fauna. Do you have any other angles we could look at? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 08-09-2006 14:52
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19296 Joined: 21.07.04 |
You could all be right. I don't know. Could even be a Muscidae Muscinae. Theo |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 08-09-2006 16:58
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Alas, I have only this one angle. My memory is that it was small but I didn't get a measurement. I wonder if I can find this guy again?
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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