Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Lucilia caesar?
Posted by Andre Megroz on 18-08-2009 14:39
#1
Foto: CH, SG, Au (Rheintal), 2.5.05
Posted by Stephen R on 18-08-2009 21:29
#2
Lucilia (female) seems right, but if I've understood older forum discussions correctly
L caesar should have only two pairs of postsutural acrostichal setae, and this seems to have three. Have I got this right?
Stephen.
Posted by Andre Megroz on 19-08-2009 10:18
#3
Thank you, Stephen.
Posted by Susan R Walter on 20-08-2009 12:28
#4
Stephen: you have understood correctly.
L caesar can sometimes have 3 but if it does it only has 3 on one side in my experience, and 2 on the other. I expect the occasional specimen turns up with 3 pairs, so always worth keeping in the back of the mind.
Andre: I can't tell from this photo what species you have (although I suspect
L sericata).
Posted by Stephen R on 20-08-2009 13:09
#5
Thank you Susan; I have learnt a lot from you lately!
Stephen.