Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Gymnocheta viridis? -> Lucilia sp. -> Lucilia sericata?
Posted by Mtfyfe on 23-04-2020 08:22
#1
22.04.20, Southern Germany, Tübingen, meadow in open country side, ca. 5-6 mm
Edited by Mtfyfe on 23-04-2020 19:27
Posted by Zeegers on 23-04-2020 08:26
#2
A Lucilia (Calliphoridae).
Gymnochaeta has many more bristles and is typically found on stems of large trees.
Theo
Posted by Mtfyfe on 23-04-2020 13:42
#3
Thank you Theo.
So we leave it as Lucilia sp.
Lars
Posted by John Carr on 23-04-2020 14:09
#4
It might be the common species
Lucilia sericata.
Posted by Mtfyfe on 23-04-2020 19:29
#5
Thank you John,
what makes you think it is L. sericata? I thought Lucilia are only separated by genitals?
Lars