Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Big Tachinid? -> Cynomya mortuorum
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| Skyfliege |
Posted on 25-05-2011 10:37
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Member Location: Posts: 55 Joined: 16.03.11 |
Hello! this old, blue metallic fly was resting on the forest ground. I would very happy about any comments or advices! Location: Wernigerode (Germany/ Saxony-Anhalt); 539m above sey level; May 2011 Regards Stefan Skyfliege attached the following image:  [100.27Kb] Edited by Skyfliege on 25-05-2011 12:57 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 25-05-2011 11:12
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Not a tachinid - there are very few metallic tachinids  Looks more like the calliphorid Cynomya mortuorum.
Edited by ChrisR on 25-05-2011 11:13 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Skyfliege |
Posted on 25-05-2011 12:56
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Member Location: Posts: 55 Joined: 16.03.11 |
Hello Chris, thank you very much for your answer! The long bristles on the abdomen have let me first think about a Tachinid. Best regards |
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