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| pwalter |
Posted on 06-01-2009 00:00
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi, can anything be sad about these two Lucilia found by a lake, end of August?
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| pwalter |
Posted on 06-01-2009 00:01
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Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Male?
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 06-01-2009 00:07
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I think the first is Muscidae... |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 06-01-2009 00:33
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9459 Joined: 24.05.05 |
No, both are Lucilia
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 06-01-2009 00:38
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
i see a metallic frontalia tinged of green, not usual in Lucilia. but m vein has a strong bend. Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 06-01-2009 00:39 |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 06-01-2009 14:09
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Look again Jorge  the dull green metallic sheen on the frontalia of female Lucilia is normal. They may be the same species or different. I cannot tell what species, but the top one is female and the bottom male.
Susan |
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| Andy Chick |
Posted on 08-01-2009 10:21
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Member Location: Under a pile of unidentifed flies! Posts: 58 Joined: 30.11.07 |
Susan R Walter wrote: Look again Jorge the dull green metallic sheen on the frontalia of female Lucilia is normal. They may be the same species or different. I cannot tell what species, but the top one is female and the bottom male.the top one also appear to be older than the second one |
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