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 Anthomyia, quinquemaculata or procellaris?
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| Benus |
Posted on 11-01-2012 19:52
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Member Location: London, UK Posts: 26 Joined: 11.01.12 |
This specimen (along with other hundreds) was photographed in September below a big oak in tuscany, Italy. Hill landscape, 400-500mt. height above sea level. I'm not expert so I've checked many treads in the forum. I've discarded A.pluvialis because the two lateral black spot are widely joined. On the tibiae there are no more than 6 setae, I can't say more, except that they are unpalatable for lizards (Podarcis sicula). If they bite it they'll spit it out and try to clean the mouth against the ground showing a copious salivation. Better images are on my flickr sream, in the first one the 5th tergite is visible: http://www.flickr...hotostream http://www.flickr...hotostream Thanks for your help! Benus attached the following image:  [110.84Kb] Edited by Benus on 11-01-2012 22:17 |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 11-01-2012 23:26
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 Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
First: Welcome to the forum. Second: funny story about the lizards….  And about this fly, it is a female so probable a bit difficult to say for sure what species it could be. (Anthomyia prcellaris / quinquemaculata / bazini)The differents between the female are mostly minimal. Try next time to collect some male species , specially when there are hundreds |
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| Benus |
Posted on 12-01-2012 14:07
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Member Location: London, UK Posts: 26 Joined: 11.01.12 |
javanerkelens wrote: First: Welcome to the forum. Second: funny story about the lizards…. And about this fly, it is a female so probable a bit difficult to say for sure what species it could be. (Anthomyia prcellaris / quinquemaculata / bazini)The differents between the female are mostly minimal. Try next time to collect some male species , specially when there are hundreds Thank you for the welcome and for your help! |
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but don't see the image in the post.