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 Which family ? => Fannia sp. (female)
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| evdb |
Posted on 04-09-2016 18:15
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 Member Location: France (Loiret) Posts: 1357 Joined: 05.12.11 |
Hi ! Center of France, larvae collected from a dead mouse on 31th august 2016 and flies born 4 days later. Size of fly 4 mm. No idea ! Thank you for help.    
Edited by evdb on 05-09-2016 08:16 Eugene |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 04-09-2016 18:38
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
The imago is a female Fannia, but the larvae are from another family, probably Muscidae.
Stephane. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 04-09-2016 18:39
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 Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10527 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Fanniidae (3 post dc, vein Sc mostly straight, parafrontals wide and widest in middle). |
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| evdb |
Posted on 04-09-2016 22:24
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Member Location: France (Loiret) Posts: 1357 Joined: 05.12.11 |
Thanks Stéphane and John. I was surprised to see emerged flies so quickly ! I had placed a few larvae in a small closed plastic case with a piece of fresh meat and 3 days later I found half a dozen of that flies ! I just saw pictures of Fanniidae larvae, that's quite different, it's a mystery ! So Fannia sp. (female) ? Eugene |
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| javanerkelens |
Posted on 05-09-2016 14:50
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 Member Location: Netherlands Posts: 2962 Joined: 18.10.07 |
The empty shell of the pupae should still be present in the plastic case...!? Johanna |
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| evdb |
Posted on 05-09-2016 16:16
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Member Location: France (Loiret) Posts: 1357 Joined: 05.12.11 |
I am sure the case was empty but I had made a few small airholes in the cover (1,5 mm diameter). May be the Fannia entered by that way, attracted by the putrid smell of the meat ? It's the only possibility but it's amazing ! Eugene |
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