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 Stunning Blue Fly
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| oceanlis2000 |
Posted on 17-03-2011 11:13
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Member Location: Wales, UK Posts: 570 Joined: 15.06.10 |
16_08_10, Builth Wells This is a great fly, a real beauty  I'd be grateful for some help in identifying it- got quite a few photos Thank you oceanlis2000 attached the following image:  [35.27Kb] Dr Elisabeth A. Harris @FloraConsUK |
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| oceanlis2000 |
Posted on 17-03-2011 11:14
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| oceanlis2000 |
Posted on 17-03-2011 11:14
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| oceanlis2000 |
Posted on 17-03-2011 11:15
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| oceanlis2000 |
Posted on 17-03-2011 11:17
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| oceanlis2000 |
Posted on 17-03-2011 11:18
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 17-03-2011 19:08
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Maybe Calliphoridae!!?
Edited by Sara21392 on 17-03-2011 19:15 Sincerely yours Sara |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 17-03-2011 19:18
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
The Sarcophagidae are never metallic coloured. This is a Calliphoridae : it seems to be a female of Protocalliphora, and the infuscated lower calypter would suggest P. azurea, but the females of this species are usually greenish rather than deep blue, so I am not sure.
Stephane. |
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| tristram |
Posted on 17-03-2011 22:17
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1334 Joined: 27.06.10 |
This is very similar to one of my flies here: http://www.dipter...d_id=34960. There Roger Thomason suggested P. azurea for that, but I thought that their females were supposed to be greenish rather than blue. |
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| oceanlis2000 |
Posted on 18-03-2011 16:12
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Member Location: Wales, UK Posts: 570 Joined: 15.06.10 |
Well we only have 1 species here Genus: Protocalliphora Hough, 1899 Contains: Species: Protocalliphora azurea (Fallén, 1817) so it must be this The thorax seems greenish-blue! she's a beauty anyway and hopefully I'll see a few more this year Dr Elisabeth A. Harris @FloraConsUK |
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