Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Deep blue... - no, not sea, but Calliphoridae (14.08.09)
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-08-2009 02:06
#1
Hello!
Saw this one near the forest yesterday (northwest Germany). Not too small, well above 10 mm. What could it be? Does
Protophormia terraenovae grow so large?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-08-2009 02:07
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Pic #2
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-08-2009 02:07
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Pic #3
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-08-2009 02:07
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Pic #4
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-08-2009 02:08
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Pic #5
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 15-08-2009 22:13
#6
In my opinion this is a male of
Protocalliphora.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-08-2009 22:50
#7
Hello, Stephane!
Stephane Lebrun wrote:
In my opinion this is a male of Protocalliphora.
Thanks! It showed the same wing posture as
this one, but I did not think, that a male of the same species could grow this bigger and look so different. But the size differences in Calliphoridae species often dazzle me... :o
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 16-08-2009 10:26
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I think there is a strong dimorphism between males and females. In previous threads you could find more explanations... Theo always said that with this deep blue it couldn't be a
Protophormia ; the thoracic bristles are too conspicuous also for
Protophormia, I guess some presut. acr. etc...