Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Scathophagidae
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| Tony T |
Posted on 25-04-2008 17:24
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 Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
23 April 2008, NB, Canada. Length 7mm. I posted an image of what appears to be this same species on 25 April 2007. Both Andrzej and Kahis ID'd it as a Scathophagidae. It was a poor image, so I deleted it am replacing it with this one (not a policy I would recommend  )Is this the same species as SEE HERE but just sexual dimorphism? Tony T attached the following image:  [144.04Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 25-04-2008 21:18
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7327 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Tony T wrote: Is this the same species as SEE HERE but just sexual dimorphism? Both males, so not sexual dimorphism (but watch out for intersexes in Scathophaga - where castrated males take on the secondary sexual characters of the females!) Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Tony T |
Posted on 26-04-2008 04:10
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 664 Joined: 08.02.07 |
Thanks. Glad to have a 2nd species. This one is far less common than the larger yellow one. Castrated males; yikes, bad enough separating males from females let alone intersexes  Did you decide not to send any mounted Ephydra? |
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