Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Calliphoridae sp.
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 02-06-2008 12:05
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 Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
hi flyforum, Yesterday I found many of these Calliphorodae sp. in the edge of the Amsterdam forest. I don't think it is Pollenia sp. and C. vicina is also no option.. what else? Typical was the wide-spreading of the wings, almost by al flies which I found. Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [195.16Kb] Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 02-06-2008 12:50
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Pollenia sp male.
Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-06-2008 12:58
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
As Gabor says, it has to be Pollenia - you can see small golden hairs on the thorax and the general shape and abdomen pattern is also quite distinctive  |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 02-06-2008 13:03
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
thank you Xespok and Chris for your reaction. I didn't think of Pollenia, all the flies I watched didn't have golden hairs on the thorax.. Looking at the Calliphoridae above, I cannot find the golden hairs.. But generaly, I share the idea - This is Pollenia - The eyes are also a bit brownish, which I find also in other Pollenia's Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 02-06-2008 13:52
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Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7706 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Robert Heemskerk wrote: Looking at the Calliphoridae above, I cannot find the golden hairs.. They're there if you know where to look  In older specimens they are often rubbed off on top of the thorax and so the sides are the best areas in live specimens. In this photo you can make out just a few small, wavy bright bits on top of the thorax (scattered randomly between the black hairs) - those are what's left of the golden curly hairs
Edited by ChrisR on 02-06-2008 13:59 |
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| Robert Heemskerk |
Posted on 02-06-2008 14:33
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Member Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 2082 Joined: 17.10.05 |
Yes, I found some of these hairs. Typical that all the flies I watched where so little blondish hairy. Robert Heemskerk attached the following image:  [131.1Kb] Edited by Robert Heemskerk on 02-06-2008 14:33 Greeting, Robert Heemskerk ---- WWW: http://robertheem...ndedag.htm --- |
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