Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachina fera ?
Posted by pierred on 01-05-2006 08:49
#1
Hello,
I think this is
Tachina fera, but I'm not quite sure.
Any comments welcome.
Edited by pierred on 01-05-2006 08:50
Posted by ChrisR on 01-05-2006 09:30
#2
It does look rather like
T.fera, though I know there are some alterntives in mainland Europe. Was this photo taken around Paris - and recently?
Posted by pierred on 01-05-2006 18:46
#3
Chris Raper wrote:
It does look rather like T.fera, though I know there are some alterntives in mainland Europe. Was this photo taken around Paris - and recently?
Yes, Paris, last week.
Posted by pierred on 05-05-2006 21:32
#4
Chris,
(or somebody else)
Can you confirm T. fera ?
TIA
Posted by ChrisR on 05-05-2006 22:11
#5
I'd say it is most likely to be
T.fera ... in England I would say 100% sure but in Europe there is
T.magnicornis and I'd have to defer to Theo to eliminate that as a possibility :)
Posted by pierred on 05-05-2006 23:34
#6
Chris,
Thanks.
Let's wait for Theo.
Edited by pierred on 06-05-2006 07:16
Posted by Zeegers on 07-05-2006 10:29
#7
T. fera and magnicornis can be very difficult to separate, although most specimens are no problem.
Let's start to see that this is a female: third antennal segment relatively slender and pulvilli shorter (difficult to see: out of focus).
The tarsi are orange, the third antennal segment is largely orange, the black abdominal vitta is tapering towards abdominal tip: all features of T. fera. So I have no doubt this is T. fera
Theo
Posted by pierred on 07-05-2006 17:20
#8
Theo,
Zeegers wrote:
T. fera and magnicornis can be very difficult to separate, although most specimens are no problem.
Let's start to see that this is a female: third antennal segment relatively slender and pulvilli shorter (difficult to see: out of focus).
The tarsi are orange, the third antennal segment is largely orange, the black abdominal vitta is tapering towards abdominal tip: all features of T. fera. So I have no doubt this is T. fera
Thanks a lot.