Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Calliphoridae sp. - Luciia ?
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 20-09-2008 23:22
#1
hi flyforum,
I found this sun-bathing female Calliphoridae in the Amsterdam forest Acer-leaves.
What kind of Calliphoridae is this ?
Is it Lucilia? and is id possible?
date: 20-09-2008
size >10mm
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 20-09-2008 23:23
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pict 3
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pict 4
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Posted by Susan R Walter on 21-09-2008 12:27
#5
It is female
L. caesar or
illustris. Needs someone with more experience than me to separate them, even with these excellent photos.
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 21-09-2008 12:50
#6
Thanks a lot Susan,
What makes it L. caesar or L. illustris in your opinion?
I like to know some of it, or is it 'just' the touch..(impression)
If someone want to see more detail from a specific part, I can cut that detail perhabs.
Like mouthparts, bucca, callypter and so on..
It would be nice if id could be possible of such a common Calliphoridae.
a more detailed-picture, for example
Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 21-09-2008 12:51
Posted by Susan R Walter on 21-09-2008 12:55
#7
My problem with this one was that I thought the front end looked like caesar and the back end like illustris :o so in the end I decided I couldn't call it.
A blown up crop of your second picture showing T6 and its bristles may give us an answer.
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 21-09-2008 13:11
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T6 (that's Tergite 6, isn't it?)
Here a detail of this part;
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