Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Musca domestica ?
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| peterbolson |
Posted on 20-07-2010 19:46
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Member Location: Cumbria, UK Posts: 276 Joined: 07.06.10 |
I know it can be a problem to distinguish this female from M.autumnalis so I'd be grateful for views on this. I make the vitta twice as broad as one fronto orbital plate measured just above the lunule, and there are black hairs on the proepisternum. So am I correct ? Thanks, Peter. peterbolson attached the following image:  [72.4Kb] |
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| peterbolson |
Posted on 20-07-2010 19:46
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Member Location: Cumbria, UK Posts: 276 Joined: 07.06.10 |
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| peterbolson |
Posted on 20-07-2010 19:47
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Member Location: Cumbria, UK Posts: 276 Joined: 07.06.10 |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 20-07-2010 19:55
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Nice pictures of Musca domestica as you said.
Stephane. |
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| peterbolson |
Posted on 20-07-2010 21:34
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Member Location: Cumbria, UK Posts: 276 Joined: 07.06.10 |
Thanks for confirming that Stephane. Peter |
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| Daniel Whitmore |
Posted on 21-07-2010 09:01
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Member Location: Stuttgart, Germany Posts: 97 Joined: 09.07.10 |
What's your technique for taking pictures Peter? Do you place the flies at low temperature for some time beforehand? I like your white backgrounds!
Daniel |
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| peterbolson |
Posted on 22-07-2010 09:01
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Member Location: Cumbria, UK Posts: 276 Joined: 07.06.10 |
Hi Daniel I anesthetise them with ethyl acetate for a few minutes ( until they stop moving ) and photograph them as they recover, which they always do  I then put them in the fridge so that I can repeat the process & take more shots if needed. They seem to survive quite happily (?) for 3 - 4 days and then I release them. For me this is preferable to killing and pinning them, although of course it doesn't give me voucher specimens for future comparison. To get the white background I photograph them in an old ice cream box using flash & the camera on a tripod. Peter |
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| Mark-uk |
Posted on 22-07-2010 10:13
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 Member Location: UK - Hampshire Posts: 792 Joined: 01.02.10 |
Where do you possition the flash (I assume you use only one?) Are you able to take a phto of this set-up? Also, do you have a good maco lens, or use extention tubes on a normal lens? |
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