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…
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…
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…
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…
Eriothrix rufomaculata is an incredibly common fly in mid-summer, especially on any flowery meadows. The species is very easy to identify from the red abdominal…