Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unknown fly (almost white), Czech Republic
Posted by spectre on 18-05-2012 23:27
#1
Czech Republic, May 13, 2012. GPS 49°59'58.740"N, 13°13'55.740"E.
Thx
Posted by spectre on 18-05-2012 23:28
#2
no better photo from top
Posted by spectre on 18-05-2012 23:28
#3
and one photo without flash
Posted by John Carr on 19-05-2012 00:04
#4
Actina chalybea?
Posted by spectre on 19-05-2012 00:11
#5
Actina chalybea is sea-green.
Posted by John Carr on 19-05-2012 00:20
#6
It looks underpigmented, but structurally similar. It may be freshly emerged from pupa. I have seen that color on a fly that otherwise looked like a typical shining green Calliphoridae.
Posted by spectre on 19-05-2012 00:42
#7
The scutellum of Actina chalybea has four black spines (very well see it here
http://www.dipter...to_id=6545). Here it is also clearly visible in the second picture (only spines arn't black). So may be this is really underpigmented specimen.
Thanks!
Edited by spectre on 19-05-2012 00:44
Posted by ChrisR on 19-05-2012 00:45
#8
My first guess, from the milky wings and the pale integument, was that this is a teneral (freshly emerged) fly.