Nowickia ferox is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae first described by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1809.[1][2]
This species is present in most of Europe.[3] These flies mainly inhabit spruce forest edge, meadows, areas of heath and mountains at an elevation up to 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) above sea level.[4][5]
Nowickia ferox can reach a length of 11–15 millimetres (0.43–0.59 in).[4] These flies have a black hairy thorax and a yellow-red abdomen, with a black longitudinal marking in the middle and numerous long straight bristles at the end. Wings are hyaline (glass like), yellowish at the base.[6] Basal half of the palps are brown or blackish. Males are a little concave in theirs dorsal centre. In the abdomen only segments 7 and 8 are hairy.[5]
Nowickia ferox is a univoltine species. Adults can be found from mid-June to October, with a peak from June to August. They fed on nectar and pollen, especially of Centaurea jacea.[4] Larvae develop in the dark arches moth (Apamea monoglypha).[4][5][6]
Nowickia ferox is a species of fly in the family Tachinidae first described by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1809.
