Posted by jck on 04-08-2015 18:21
#1
Another one from 31/7/15. Is it possible to identify this one? Woodland edge near Apeldoorn, province of Gelderland.
James
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 04-08-2015 18:41
#4
Not a tachinid. This is a Calliphoridae,
Bellardia sp.
Posted by jck on 05-08-2015 11:45
#5
I've made this mistake before...Can you maybe tell me what the difference between Tachinids and Bellardia is?
james
Posted by Zeegers on 05-08-2015 14:21
#6
Bellardia is distinctly greenish on the abdomen.
There are (in the Western Palaearctic) only two metallic green Tachinid genera:
Gymnochaeta and Chrysosomopsis, which are totally different (many more bristles).
So in case of an metallic Oestroidea, default option is Calliphoridae.
Theo