Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Orange with red eyes - Tachinidae!
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 12-07-2008 14:33
#1
Today I found this fly (appr. 7-8 mm) in a small wooded area adjacent to the river Linge at Leerdam, Netherlands. Could anyone tell me more about this fly's identity?
Thanks in advance!
Edited by Jan Zwaaneveld on 12-07-2008 14:55
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 12-07-2008 14:43
#2
beautiful TACHINIDAE! :d
Posted by ChrisR on 12-07-2008 14:47
#3
I've never seen one myself but the name that jumped into my brain was
Leskia aurea - see
here in the gallery. A lovely tachinid and quite unusual I think :)
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 12-07-2008 14:53
#4
Yes of course, it's Tachinidae! Thank you for waking me up, Jorge and Chris :o. I will change the title of this thread.
It looks very much like Leskia aurea indeed, I hope someone can confirm.
Posted by Liekele Sijstermans on 13-07-2008 19:57
#5
I live a few kilometers to the east of Leerdam.
Last year I found only two species of Tachinidae, because I did not have opportunity to collect outside my garden.
These two species were Mintho rufiventris, which I saw during summer every day in or close to the house, and Leskia aurea.
The specimen above is Leskia aurea indeed.
Liekele
Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 13-07-2008 20:06
#6
Thank you for confirmation, Liekele.
This was the first time I saw it since I started photographing flies in this area four years ago. I found it in an area I visit at least once a week. After four years I still find new species there.