Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Parasetigena silvestris, Tachinidae, Hungary
Posted by Xespok on 31-07-2006 15:16
#1
Another Tachinid from June.
Edited by Xespok on 24-09-2006 21:23
Posted by Xespok on 31-07-2006 15:17
#2
Frontal view
Posted by Xespok on 31-07-2006 15:18
#3
A view from the top.
Posted by Xespok on 23-09-2006 21:38
#4
Theo, did you see this thread?
Posted by Zeegers on 24-09-2006 10:05
#5
No.
Looks interesting, need to check my collection.
Theo
Posted by wilde on 24-09-2006 17:13
#6
A photographer asked me for the name of this fly. For me it looks a bit like the fly of this thread. Am I wrong?
Edited by wilde on 24-09-2006 17:13
Posted by Xespok on 24-09-2006 17:56
#7
Your fly is a different species.
Posted by Zeegers on 24-09-2006 18:49
#8
The answer to the original question is
Parasetigena silvestris (Exoristini)
Largest numbers in June, parasite of Lymantria monacha.
The new one is quite different, a species in Goniini / Eryciini complex
One of the most difficult groups in Tachinidae.
Theo Zeegers
Posted by Xespok on 24-09-2006 21:29
#9
Thx Theo, I already posted a similar fly in
this thread. The birstles in this fly seem to be of very different length, which gives it a slightly different jizz. Apparently the bristle length is not a reliable feature in these flies.
I wonder whether this fly will accept L. dispar as a host. There were quite a lot of L. dispar in the forest where both of these images were made, but to my knowledge no L. monacha, at least I did not get any this year.