Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A fly looks like Tachina fera
Posted by lweit on 22-07-2006 22:04
#1
Hello
Is that fly Tachina fera, photo taken in same place of Nowickia ferox in a precedent post
Louis
Posted by lweit on 22-07-2006 22:05
#2
a second photo of this fly
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 22-07-2006 22:22
#3
Hi Louis.
I don't think so. In genus Tachina 2-nd antennae segment has to be long and 3-d short.
Nikita
Posted by ChrisR on 23-07-2006 11:29
#4
I agree with Nikita - it's close but something isn't quite right about it for
Tachina fera. Do you have any more photos of it from different angles, perhaps showing the face a bit clearer? Alternatively, if you can get a specimen I'll certainly have a look at that for you :)
Posted by lweit on 23-07-2006 12:00
#5
Hello Chris
I've have only 2 other photos of this fly
Posted by lweit on 23-07-2006 12:04
#6
The second photo
Another day I try to make better photo (it's difficult to take a photo of a fly on a long flower with a little wind and the fly is almost moving on the flower) or I try to catch this fly ??
Thank you
Louis
Posted by ChrisR on 23-07-2006 13:49
#7
The 2nd new (actually 4th) photo is a different fly - a muscid :)
Posted by Zeegers on 30-07-2006 17:29
#8
The Tachinid looks special, it does not ring a bell.
It is NOT Tachina, as correctly pointed out.
The wing venation suggests either Linnaemyia or Exorista.
Since the eyes are hairy, Linnaemyia is the best bet for the moment.
Has it been collected ?
Theo Zeegers