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Posted on 21-04-2008 23:36
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 is it possible to ID species from this photo?

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 Gymnochaeta viridis (Tachinidae), I think.
 
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 Agreed. No Lucilia has hairy eyes and a bare arista - sure sign of a Tachinid if it's metallic green.
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 I wonder what G. zhelochovtsevi and G. magna looks like. Are they also green and metallic?
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 thanks, didn't realise the Tachinids had 'Greenbottles' too!
 
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crex wrote:
I wonder what G. zhelochovtsevi and G. magna looks like. Are they also green and metallic?


crex, look at this thread:

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 Thanks Rui! I assume then that all are the shiny metallic type ... All three Gymnocheta species are mentioned in the Swedish Report System, but G. zhelochovtsevi status is unsure.
 
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