Tachina fera (Diptera) - Igelfliege

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L: 10 15 mmImago: April Oktober, 2 Generationenbiotop: tLaub- und Kieferwlderwww.naturspaziergang.de/Zweifluegler/Tachinidae/Tachina_f...biology:: food: Noctuiden (Eulenfalter)Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816 (Sechsfer)Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888 (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera Martynov, 1923Order: Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes & gnats, Zweiflgler)Suborder: Brachycera Schiner, 1862Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: Oestroidea TOWNSEND, 1931Family: Tachinidae ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, 1830 (Parasitic Flies or tachina flies, Raupenfliegen)Subfamily: Tachininae ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, 1830Tribus: Tachinini ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, 1830Genus: Tachina MEIGEN, 1803Subgenus Eudoromyia Bezzi, 1906Tachina fera LINNAEUS, 1761 (Igelfliege)NE-Slovakia, High Tatras: vic. Star Smokovec, 1800-1900m asl. (on high pastures with patches of shrubs Pinus), 30.06.2012The larvae of Tachinae develop within caterpillers: endoparasitic parasitoids of high value!more info: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachina_feraImago: lives free and feeds on nectar and honeydew->Protelean parasiteIMG_1761