Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lucilias to ID
Posted by pwalter on 06-01-2009 00:00
#1
Hi, can anything be sad about these two Lucilia found by a lake, end of August?
Posted by pwalter on 06-01-2009 00:01
#2
Male?
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 06-01-2009 00:07
#3
I think the first is Muscidae...
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 06-01-2009 00:33
#4
No, both are Lucilia
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 06-01-2009 00:38
#5
i see a metallic frontalia tinged of green, not usual in Lucilia.
but m vein has a strong bend.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 06-01-2009 00:39
Posted by Susan R Walter on 06-01-2009 14:09
#6
Look again Jorge :) the dull green metallic sheen on the frontalia of female
Lucilia is normal. They may be the same species or different. I cannot tell what species, but the top one is female and the bottom male.
Posted by Andy Chick on 08-01-2009 10:21
#7
Susan R Walter wrote:
Look again Jorge :) the dull green metallic sheen on the frontalia of female Lucilia is normal. They may be the same species or different. I cannot tell what species, but the top one is female and the bottom male.
the top one also appear to be older than the second one