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#1 2010-09-02 00:08:47
- Grant Burleigh
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- Name: Array Array
- Registered: 2010-06-29
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Two possible tachinids
I saw these two rather bristly flies at our site in Nailsea, North Somerset (ST472708) and I am wondering if they are Tachinids. We have Tachina fera around, but fly A (July 26, 2010) seems smaller – Gonia divisa possibly? Could fly B (Aug 16, 2010) be a member of the Dexia genus?
http://www23.brinkster.com/janebristol/tachinids.html
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#2 2010-09-02 13:46:48
- Howard Bentley
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- Name: Howard Bentley
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Re: Two possible tachinids
I tentaively suggest that A could be Nowickia ferox (I can't see the facial bristles characteristic of Gonia), and B could be Mintho rufiventris.
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#3 2010-09-04 00:12:19
- Grant Burleigh
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Re: Two possible tachinids
Thank you. I have looked up Nowickia ferox and Mintho rufiventris on the Web and your suggestions are very consistent with images there. Pity I didn’t get a full top surface view of A to see if the banding pattern was that of N. ferox .
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