Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tehpritidae

Posted by Claus Weisenboehler on 03-03-2007 16:55
#1
Hi again,
another one I can't define exactly is this.
Might it be Urophora cardui ?
(althohgh I wonder about the green eyes)

Thanks Claus

D/BaW?/Vellberg/Near River 17.6.2004

Posted by diphascon on 03-03-2007 18:43
#2
Hello,

I think this is Rhagoletis cerasi.

Cheers - martin

Posted by Claus Weisenboehler on 03-03-2007 18:59
#3
Thanks a lot Martin - that makes sense (green eyes)

Posted by John Smit on 04-03-2007 12:27
#4
Hi Claus,

I think Martin is right, it looks like Rhagoletis cerasi, there's a small chance it's R. berberidis, but it looks more cerasi to me. The difference is not easy to see on this photo, I'ld need a good view on the wing, for the difference between the two is most easily seen on the length of the apical wing band. But unless you have photographed it on Berberis, I;ld say you have R. cerasi here.

John