Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachinidae with tumorous looking face (5 pics)
Posted by Rupert Huber on 11-08-2022 21:13
#1
Hi all!
Without being sure, I would interpret this fly as a
Tachina (correction or more exact ID very welcome, of course)... but what does it have in its face? :| Doesn't look like being normal to me.
Approx. 13-16 mm
30.7.2022; Czechia; South Bohemia; Prachatice; coordinates 49.01272, 13.98735
Posted by Rupert Huber on 11-08-2022 21:13
#2
2nd pic
Posted by Rupert Huber on 11-08-2022 21:13
#3
3rd pic
Posted by Rupert Huber on 11-08-2022 21:14
#4
4th pic
Posted by Rupert Huber on 11-08-2022 21:14
#5
5th pic
Posted by Rupert Huber on 12-08-2022 00:16
#7
Thanks tristram!
So this should mean that the fly is either extremely fresh (to me at least, it doesn't look like that, since the wings are already damaged a bit), or much more likely, that the ptilinum failed to collapse after use, right?
Are there any known pathologic reasons for that, or does it sometimes simply happen accidentally.
Posted by tristram on 12-08-2022 09:49
#8
It is most likely fairly fresh out of the pupa.
Posted by Rupert Huber on 12-08-2022 17:56
#9
Ok, thanks. So it takes much longer to collapse than I imagined. Never seen this before.