David Element

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______________________ Flies 13 - Tachinid Flies

                                                        Gymnosoma rotundatum

                                                           Gymnochaeta viridis

                                                                      Tachina fera

                                                                  Tachina grossa

                                                        Cylindromyia brassicaria

                                                               Phasia hemiptera

• Phasia hemiptera is a rather distinctively shaped tachinid fly that parasitises various species of heteropteran bugs. An illustration of Ectophasia crassipennis, (a similarly shaped, but more brightly coloured European relative) is shown on Flies 12. The photographs of the pairing Cylindromyia brassicaria and Tachina grossa were taken in France. The latter species is the largest tachinid resident in the UK.

RECOMMENDED WEBSITE:

Chris Raper's very useful and informative site: http://tachinidae.org.uk/site/index.php contains photographs of numerous live and set specimens of European Tachinid Flies.

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