The recent arrival of Tachina magnicornis in Suffolk and then later in Kent has created a quite tricky problem for us at the recording scheme.…
We now have at least 2 species of the “Tachina fera group”: Tachina fera & Tachina magnicornis, and there is a suspicion that we might…
We now have 4 species of Cylindromyia in the UK with more and more photos of them cropping upp on social media so it seemed…
What is biological recording? Recording is a fun hobby that can get you out in your garden or any space near where you live and…
Clytiomya continua has been on the British list for quite some time and located in the North Essex / South Hertfordshire area. But it was…
Over the last 10 years there has been a lot of interest in the decline of Small Tortoishell butterfly (Aglais urticae) and the increase in…
This is a confusion pair that I have wanted to separate for a while because they can be a bit tricky because they both have…
I always seem to have difficulty identifying the slim black&grey tachinids in the tribe Blondeliini and Phyllomya volvulus in photos. This mini article is a…
Work in progress… Spring can be an exciting time for Dipterists, when the first species emerge and we all clamour to identify our first flies.…
There are a few greenbottle tachinids and one of them (Chrysosomopsis aurata) is incredibly rare so I thought it might be worth showing how to…