L: ~10 mmThe imago is found May to Spetember. The larva lives endoparasitic in larvae of the snout moths Hypsopygia glaucinalis (Pyralidae; imago active June to September); I wonder if the host may survive sometimes or not ? - the British Handbook says NO,and whether it only parasites this snout moth or a wider range of host species?Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE, 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta LINNAEUS, 1758 (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota LANG, 1888Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Diptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (true flies, mosquitoes and gnats, Fliegen & Mcken)Suborder: Brachycera SCHINER, 1862Infraorder: Muscomorpha [Syn.: Cyclorrhapha]Superfamily: OestroideaFamily: Tachinidae ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY 1830 (parasitic flies, Raupenfliegen) Subfamily: TachininaeTribus: MinthoiniGenus: Mintho ROBINEAU-DESVOIDY, 1830Mintho rufiventris FALLN, 1816please compare: www.insektenbox.de/zweifl/minruf.htmor www.biolib.cz/en/taxonimage/id48416/more info: www.naturspaziergang.de/Zweifluegler/Tachinidae/Mintho_ru...Germany, Berlin: Tempelhofer Freiheit, ca. 40m asl., 06.09.2013IMG_2812