Tachina fera (Linnaeus, 1761)
(a parasitoid fly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTachina fera (a parasitoid fly)
SubgenusTachina (a genus of parasitoid flies)
TribeTachinini (a tribe of parasitoid flies)
SubfamilyTACHININAE (a subfamily of parasitoid fles)
FamilyTACHINIDAE (parasitoid flies)
SuperfamilyOESTROIDEA (blow-flies, blue-bottles, flesh flies and parasitoid flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Tachina fera (a parasitoid fly) :
1: Tachina fera (a parasitoid fly)
30 Apr 2012 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
visiting Forgetmenot flowers
Image 1: Dorsal view - white backgroundImage 2: Head - anterior view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white background (2)Image 5: Head - dorso-lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 6: Head - lateral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 7: Head - postero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Head - ventral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 9: Lateral view - enlarged - white backgroundImage 10: Thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Thorax - lateral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 12: Thorax - lateral view - magnified - white background (2)Image 13: Wing - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 14: Antenna - microscope low magnification - white background
2: Tachina fera (a parasitoid fly)
8 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in garden
Image 1: Antero-dorsal view - close-up
3: Tachina fera (a parasitoid fly)
4 Aug 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
3 flies visiting Hemp Agrimony flowers
Image 1: Antero-dorsal - close-upImage 2: Antero-dorsal - close-up (2)Image 3: Antero-dorsal - close-up (3)Image 4: Dorsal - close-upImage 5: Dorsal - close-up (2)Image 6: Dorsal - close-up (3)Image 7: Dorsal - close-up (4)Image 8: Dorsal - close-up (5)Image 9: Dorsal - close-up (6)Image 10: Dorsal - close-up (7)Image 11: Dorsal - close-up (8)Image 12: Dorsal - close-up (9)Image 13: Dorsal - close-up (10)Image 14: Dorsal - close-up (11)Image 15: Dorsal - close-up (12)Image 16: Dorsal - close-up (13)Image 17: Dorsal - close-up (14)Image 18: Dorsal - close-up (15)Image 19: Dorsal - close-up (16)Image 20: Dorsal - close-up (17)Image 21: Dorsal - close-up (18)Image 22: Dorsal - close-up (19)Image 23: Dorsal - close-up (20)Image 24: Dorsal - close-up (21)Image 25: Dorsal - close-up (22)Image 26: Dorsal - close-up (23)Image 27: Dorsal - close-up (24)Image 28: Dorsal - close-up (25)Image 29: Dorsal - close-up (26)Image 30: Dorsal - close-up (27)Image 31: Dorsal - close-up (28)Image 32: Dorsal - close-up (29)Image 33: Dorsal - close-up (30)Image 34: Dorsal - close-up (31)Image 35: Dorsal - close-up (32)Image 36: Dorsal - close-up (33)Image 37: Dorsal - close-up (34)Image 38: Dorso-lateral - close-upImage 39: Dorso-lateral - close-up (2)Image 40: Dorso-lateral - close-up (3)Image 41: Dorso-lateral - close-up (4)Image 42: Dorso-lateral - close-up (5)Image 43: Dorso-lateral - close-up (6)Image 44: Dorso-lateral - close-up (7)Image 45: Dorso-lateral - close-up (8)Image 46: Dorso-lateral - close-up (9)Image 47: Dorso-lateral - close-up (10)Image 48: Dorso-lateral - close-up (11)Image 49: Dorso-lateral - close-up (12)Image 50: Front three-quarter - close-upImage 51: Front three-quarter - close-up (2)Image 52: Lateral - close-upImage 53: Lateral - close-up (2)Image 54: Lateral - close-up (3)Image 55: Lateral - close-up (4)Image 56: Lateral - close-up (5)Image 57: Latero-dorsal - close-upImage 58: Latero-dorsal - close-up (2)Image 59: Latero-dorsal - close-up (3)Image 60: Latero-dorsal - close-up (4)Image 61: Posterior - close-upImage 62: Postero-dorsal - close-upImage 63: Postero-dorsal - close-up (2)Image 64: Postero-dorsal - close-up (3)Image 65: Postero-dorsal - close-up (4)Image 66: Postero-dorsal - close-up (5)Image 67: Postero-dorsal - close-up (6)Image 68: Postero-lateral - close-upImage 69: Postero-lateral - close-up (2)Image 70: Rear three-quarter - close-upImage 71: Rear three-quarter - close-up (2)Image 72: Rear three-quarter - close-up (3)Image 73: Rear three-quarter - close-up (4)Image 74: Dorsal - close-up - enlarged
4: Tachina fera (a parasitoid fly)
9 Aug 1997 OSGR: SU47 51° 30’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
On Angelica
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Lateral viewImage 3: Ventral viewImage 4: Ventral view - anterior
5: Tachina fera (a parasitoid fly)
18 May 1997 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
basking on brick wall
Image 1: Top viewImage 2: Underside
6: Tachina fera (a parasitoid fly)
1 Aug 1976 OSGR: SU83 51° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England
Image 1: Close-up - enlarged

Tachina fera (a parasitoid fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Tachina fera (a parasitoid fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 5 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Tachina fera (a parasitoid fly)
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