The prosternum can be quite a difficult feature to find on a tachinid – partly because many British workers, used to Belshaw’s key will never…
In my experience a lot of people have trouble with this genus because the traditional features used in keys are quite variable. In particular it…
These are some figures from Tschorsnig & Herting (1994), showing the sternite 6 of some female Eurithia spp.: A – Eurithia consobrina (furrow along entire…
Today Matt & I attended “Big Nature Day” at the Natural History Museum, in London – a day for wildlife organisations to show what they…
Belshaw’s 1993 handbook was a great improvement over the nomenclature used in van Emden but since then many of the names have changed. This is…
This is a reprint of the genitalia figures from van Emden’s 1957 handbook – out of print for many years. I find them quite useful…
Botria (=Bothria) subalpina is a Spring species previously thought to be found in northern & eastern Europe – I have specimens from Finland and Bavaria.…
Had a very good record recently, sent in by Phil Porter, of Phytomyptera nigrina. Richard Davidson took the specimen at Whisby Nature Park on 22nd…
It has taken a while to get the camera hooked up to the microscope because it is quite a complicated process, involving lots of adapters…
Had a nice record from Tristan Bantock on the 17th – a Tachina lurida, seen on Parkland Walk near Crouch Hill tube station. They look…