Pales pavida
Length about 10 mm. A very bristly blue black tachinid fly with hairy eyes, strong facial-ridge bristles that are downward-pointing, paler tibiae and a blueish cast to the body colour.
Various habitats.
Two flight periods - late May/early June and early July to late September.
It is a parasite of moths such as the Yellow Underwing family.
Widespread and fairly frequent in England and Wales.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
22 June 2017
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
25 August 2018
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
22 June 2017
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
25 August 2018
Graham Calow
Stoney Stanton
25 September 2014
specimen examined
David Nicholls
Thornton, Browns Wood
20 September 2021
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Flies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Diptera
- Family:
- Tachinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 25/09/2014 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 20/09/2021 (Nicholls, David)
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Graham Calow
Stoney Stanton
25 September 2014
Graham Calow
Stoney Stanton
25 September 2014
Graham Calow
Stoney Stanton
25 September 2014
David Gould
The Spearwort Fields
25 August 2018
