Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Lucilia caesar?
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| Andre Megroz |
Posted on 18-08-2009 14:39
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Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 526 Joined: 08.08.09 |
Foto: CH, SG, Au (Rheintal), 2.5.05
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 18-08-2009 21:29
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Lucilia (female) seems right, but if I've understood older forum discussions correctly L caesar should have only two pairs of postsutural acrostichal setae, and this seems to have three. Have I got this right? Stephen. |
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| Andre Megroz |
Posted on 19-08-2009 10:18
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Member Location: Switzerland Posts: 526 Joined: 08.08.09 |
Thank you, Stephen. |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 20-08-2009 12:28
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Stephen: you have understood correctly. L caesar can sometimes have 3 but if it does it only has 3 on one side in my experience, and 2 on the other. I expect the occasional specimen turns up with 3 pairs, so always worth keeping in the back of the mind. Andre: I can't tell from this photo what species you have (although I suspect L sericata). Susan |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 20-08-2009 13:09
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Thank you Susan; I have learnt a lot from you lately! Stephen. |
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