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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 25-09-2011 11:56
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 Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Taken in the mountains of Madrid on the 6th August 2011. Thanks in advance for any help! 
Piluca_Alvarez attached the following image:  [145.46Kb] Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 16-10-2011 20:21 |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 25-09-2011 12:10
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
I wonder if this is a teneral (= freshly emerged) one - the frons is so broad, and the silvery colour may change. I once was vexed by a Lucilia (http://www.dipter...ad_id=7780)... |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 25-09-2011 12:17
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
OMG! That is certainly a possibility I didn't think about! Checked your link and I am astonished. I would have been fooled completely. I would have never guessed that was a Lucilia!  Always learning something  Thanks a lot for your input, Sundew! Let's see if somebody can confirm it is a teneral something or a Muscidae indeed |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 25-09-2011 12:26
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3939 Joined: 28.07.07 |
This forum is great for quick and reliable learning. I love it  . |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 25-09-2011 15:02
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I think this is Musca sp. m vein is not strongly bent as in Calliphoridae. It is a female Musca sp. |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 25-09-2011 15:24
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
jorgemotalmeida wrote: I think this is Musca sp. m vein is not strongly bent as in Calliphoridae. It is a female Musca sp. Sundew, sure this is exactly what you were talking about in your previous post Thanks a lot, Jorge! |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 25-09-2011 15:48
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
also there are no strong ac bristles on scutum. So it cannot be a Lucilia. I'd be very surprised if it was one... Looks like Musca sorbens female... Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 25-09-2011 15:56 |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 25-09-2011 17:00
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Jorge, I think Sundew was meaning that there was a chance that it is a freshy emerged 'something' not exactly a Lucilia. The link was just an example of how deceiving freshly emerged specimens can be. Well, at least that is what I understood And thanks for the Musca sorbens ID |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 25-09-2011 17:21
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I know, Piluca. I was just remarking this is not a Lucilia.. not more. And, yes sometimes it can be deceiving. Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 25-09-2011 17:23 |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 25-09-2011 17:39
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Sorry, Jorge. I am afraid I misunderstood your comment  All is clear now |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 16-10-2011 17:40
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
I agree with Musca sp.
Stephane. |
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| Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 16-10-2011 20:20
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Thanks, Stephane!! |
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