Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Calliphora vomitaria?
Posted by lynkos on 20-10-2005 06:54
#1
Could this be the unattractively named Calliphora vomitaria?
Thanks, Sarah
Posted by Robert Heemskerk on 25-10-2005 00:40
#2
Or Calliphora Vicina?, I see a sharp kink in the M-vein, Calliphora Vicina got also this kink in the M-vein(I am not sure). And I read that thorax and body of the Vicina must be hairy!?
Perhabs a specialist can tell you more...:|
best regards Robert Heemskerk
Posted by Paul Beuk on 25-10-2005 07:07
#3
For a
Calliphora I would expect it to be more blueish, but, hey, what do I know about Calliphoridae? :)
Posted by lynkos on 25-10-2005 07:39
#4
Thanks Robert and Paul. The lack of blue sheen could be due to the light in the undergrowth which tends to accentuate reflectance to the detriment of good colour rendition. I in fact remember it as rather bluer than it appears in the photo, Sarah
Posted by Andrius on 25-10-2005 08:59
#5
I think this is really
Calliphora, but is it hard to tell if it is
vomitoria or
vicina or some other species. In the keys I used one of the feature was the color and amount of different hairs on the head, but the head is hardly visible in your picture...
Edited by Andrius on 25-10-2005 09:00
Posted by lynkos on 26-10-2005 06:56
#6
That's very useful feedback Andrius. The next time I'll know the importance of also including a photo of the face. For all that they're common, they're actually very difficult to photograph calmly as they are nearly always restless and have little patience with photographers :(, Sarah
Edited by lynkos on 26-10-2005 06:56