Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Calliphoridae
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| Stephen |
Posted on 03-09-2006 13:17
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Am I right that this is Calliphoridae? The overall color was a sort of metallic blackish green. Garden near house, not far from woods, West Virginia USA, 3 September 2006. Is it possible to ID further? Thanks in advance for any help! Stephen attached the following image:  [119.71Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 03-09-2006 13:18
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Second photo
Stephen attached the following image:  [45.63Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 03-09-2006 13:44
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9561 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I think it is Muscidae, Stephen. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 04-09-2006 09:18
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
Yes and Muscinae. Maybe Morellia - bluish-black (maybe green to you or in U.S.A.), white-dusted stripes on thorax. |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 04-09-2006 10:15
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Thank-you Nikita and Robert. It seems I am often fooled by Muscidae!
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 04-09-2006 10:41
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
One of my other posts from today has the question, is it safe to say with Muscidae that with the eyes far apart like this it is a female? I am never sure which families have this "rule" and how reliable the rule is. So I am thinking this is a female assuming the rule is reliable for Muscidae? --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 04-09-2006 20:38
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7348 Joined: 19.11.04 |
As with all rules, there are exceptions. Usually in Muscidae the females have eyes far apart like this, and the male eyes are very close together, but there are also some males which have eyes far apart. In the Tachinidae, there are a few females which have eyes almost touching, and are easily mistaken for males.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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