Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Fly with orange on tibia - tachinidae?

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 22-09-2006 17:33
#1

Hello fly forum,

I photographed this fly at Leerdam, Netherlands last week. It has some orange on the tops of its tibia. There seems to be a strong bend in vein M1, so perhaps it is Tachinidae?

Thanks in advance!

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 22-09-2006 17:34
#2

top view

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 22-09-2006 17:34
#3

front view

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 22-09-2006 17:42
#4

No Jan, it is Stomoxys calcitrans, Muscidae.
Nikita

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 22-09-2006 19:23
#5

O.k., thanks very much for your help, Nikita!