Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 13-11-2011 21:57
#1
Picture taken by my friend Francisco Rodriguez in Alicante, SE Spain on Nov 2011.
Thanks in advance for any help in ID! :)
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 13-11-2011 22:04
#2
A newly emerged one, so difficult to ID, however, the yellow basicosta and genae suggests
C. vicina.
Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 15-11-2011 08:11
#3
Thanks so much for the explanation and ID, Stephane!
There is so much variation in
Calliphora vicina that I always get confused with the pale ones.
Once they have lost the protruding shape of head, do they still keep that pale colour for some time? Because I see the classical
C. vicina but all the pale ones end being
C. vicina too.
Supossedly, there are only two
Calliphora species in Spain (
vicina and
vomitoria). But it is surprising as there are a lot more not so far away from here. And with such variation, I am always afraid of doing a wrong ID and missing one of the others due to lack of information.
Best
Piluca