Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 unusual "blue bottle"
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 14-10-2008 19:50
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 Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 796 Joined: 17.10.06 |
… a small picture, but rather unusual blue bottle fly, rather violet with two white spots on the head. Any ID?
mwkozlowski attached the following image:  [35.22Kb] very general entomologist |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 14-10-2008 21:29
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9503 Joined: 24.05.05 |
It isn't "blue bottle", but a "green one". Lucilia sometimes has such, very strong redish color. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 15-10-2008 08:00
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 796 Joined: 17.10.06 |
but what about these white spots on head, are they characteristic?http://www.diptera.info/images/smiley/cool.gif
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 15-10-2008 09:54
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
These white spots are light in whitish pile. Depending on the lighting you will see the pile or not. Flash might suddenly show them on the photo while you did not see them before.
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 15-10-2008 13:45
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Marek – the white spots are the occiput, which is white in Lucilia.
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 15-10-2008 14:26
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Whitish pilose, I presume, not truely white.
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| mwkozlowski |
Posted on 15-10-2008 15:27
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Member Location: Warsaw, Poland Posts: 796 Joined: 17.10.06 |
white occiput! did not seen that before! I am highly impressed, but I have never examined any pinned lucilla under a microscope, sorry!
Edited by mwkozlowski on 15-10-2008 15:31 very general entomologist |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 17-10-2008 13:11
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Paul Beuk wrote: Whitish pilose, I presume, not truely white. Err...I'll have to go and have a look (we definitely need a blush smiley btw). I assumed pruinescence rather than pilosity, but you are probably right – it doesn't seem to suffer from wear and tear, but I am sure you are right that it is an overlay on the real colour of the occiput itself. It's not one of the key diagnostics, so (ahem) I haven't actually taken much notice – it's the colour of the longer hairs I'm always interested in. Susan |
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