Tachinid Fly

Nemorilla floralis

Description

Over all length 7 - 10mm. This tachinid is coloured in shades of buff and grey. The thorax is dark with some paler stripes and the abdomen is pale with a dark central stripe and dark lines between the segments. The head has a collar of buffish hairs.

Habitat

Woodland edge and hedgerows.

Status and distribution

Not very common and restricted to the southern half of Britain. Recorded occasionally on the reserve.

Tachinid Fly - Nemorilla floralis - September 16th 2012
Tachinid Fly - Nemorilla floralis - September 14th 2018
Tachinid Fly - Nemorilla floralis - September 15th 2019
Tachinid Fly - Nemorilla floralis - September 15th 2019
Tachinid Fly - Nemorilla floralis - September 15th 2019
Tachinid Fly - Nemorilla floralis - October 27th 2019
Tachinid Fly - Nemorilla floralis - September 4th 2020
Tachinid Fly - Nemorilla floralis - September 4th 2020