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Author: ChrisR

Parasetigena sylvestris

by ChrisRPosted onJuly 17, 2023

Recently Ryan Mitchell has been having great success in finding a rather rare tachinid called Parasetigena sylvestris (see above). I just wanted to publish this…

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Myxexoristops blondeli

by ChrisRPosted onJuly 17, 2023July 17, 2023

Recently I had the very great pleasure of keying out some odd little tachinids that had been reared from sawfly larvae by John Petyt [collected…

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Carcelia iliaca, the odd one out

by ChrisRPosted onJuly 17, 2023July 17, 2023

With the spread of the invasive Oak Processionary Moth (Thaumetopoea processionea) there has been a lot of interest in its parasitoids. Both tachinid parasitoids are…

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Pales processioneae – the second OPM tachinid

by ChrisRPosted onFebruary 20, 2023July 17, 2023

Back in 2020 Andy Halstead got in touch with me to pass on some tachinids that he had reared in Surrey from tent webs of…

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Gymnocheta magna found in Scotland

by ChrisRPosted onDecember 4, 2022July 17, 2023

Exciting news this week from Steve Falk who, while examining specimens caught in Scotland this year, noticed a different-looking Gymnocheta from the Cairngorms. He ran…

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Clytiomya continua vs Eliozeta pellucens

by ChrisRPosted onDecember 11, 2021July 17, 2023

Clytiomya continua has been on the British list for quite some time and located in the North Essex / South Hertfordshire area. But it was…

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The parasitoids of Small Tortoishell (Aglais urticae)

by ChrisRPosted onNovember 26, 2021June 4, 2022

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…

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Dinera grisescens vs Solieria females

by ChrisRPosted onAugust 1, 2020June 4, 2022

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…

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Identifying slim, black tachinids with grey dusting

by ChrisRPosted onMay 30, 2020June 4, 2022

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…

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Identifying the bronze-black Spring tachinids

by ChrisRPosted onApril 14, 2020March 29, 2023

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.…

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