With no traceable records for Nottinghamshire, this Mintho
rufiventris (Tachinidae) found and photographed by Pauline Bradford
in her Langold garden in September 2019, would appear to be a county
first. Rarely reported, but believed to be quite widespread in areas
from south-east of the country, through to the west midlands, Mintho
rufiventris is often reported in successive years from certain
sites (often to within a metre). It is an endoparasite, living on the
larvae of the Pyralid moth Hypsopygia glaucinalis and possibly
other simlar species. |