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Freraea gagatea Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830
Diptera: other groups: Tachinidae

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Taxonomic group: flies (other) (Diptera: other groups) - County data

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Status: RDB 3

Records: 6

First Record: 2005

Latest Record: 2021

1992-on hectads: 4

Pre-1992 hectads: 0

Total hectads: 4

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Freraea gagatea on Tachinid Recording Scheme website

Essex Red Data List comment
Recorded from 1 out of 57x10km.sq. records in county

Species text
It is a parasitic fly recorded from Wilts. Berks. Suffolk and Perthshire. Its status has been revised from Vulnerable in Shirt (1987). The fly has been recorded in heathland and grassland. The larvae are parasitoids of adult Ground beetles (Carabus, Harpalus, Amara), and several larvae may develop in a single host. References

Species text last edited on Tue Mar 20th 2007 by user 3