Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tachina grossa ?

Posted by lweit on 15-12-2006 20:46
#1
Hello

Is that fly a tachinid : Tachina grossa (L.), black body anf yellow face

Thank you
Louis

Posted by crex on 15-12-2006 20:48
#2
Isn't this Mesembrina meridiana?

Posted by Jan Zwaaneveld on 15-12-2006 21:52
#3
I agree with Crex.
This is Tachina grossa: http://slamenietd...woest.html

Posted by ChrisR on 16-12-2006 12:34
#4
Yes, Mesembrina meridiana - much smaller than Tachina grossa and lacking stout bristles and the completely yellow head and hairs behind the head :)