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 Beautiful Scatophaga
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 15-01-2007 11:47
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Hello! I think this beautiful fly is a male Scatophaga stercoraria, am I right? It is a little bit greener than usual (as normally the females only). They were numerous on foul apples on a meadow with trees yesterday (Ostwestfalen/Germany).  
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 16-01-2007 14:15
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
If it has black antennae then I think it has to be S stercoraria doesn't it? I've certainly seen them this beautiful green colour before, anyway.
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 16-01-2007 22:17
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14401 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Susan! Susan R Walter wrote: If it has black antennae then I think it has to be S stercoraria doesn't it? I know, that the black colour of the antennae is a difference between S. stercoraria and the other frequent Scatophaga species I know (suilla, lutaria). But is it the only Scatophaga with dark antennae? Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 17-01-2007 09:37
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Jurgen I think S stercoraria is the only Scatophaga with dark antennae, but I am not absolutely certain. It might just be the only one in the UK, not for all Europe. Susan |
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| Juergen Peters |
Posted on 17-01-2007 14:19
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Member Location: northwest Germany Posts: 14401 Joined: 11.09.04 |
Hello, Susan! Susan R Walter wrote: I think S stercoraria is the only Scatophaga with dark antennae, but I am not absolutely certain. It might just be the only one in the UK, not for all Europe. Thanks! According to the "Entomofauna germanica" we have these Scatophaga species here in Germany: - cineraria - furcata - inquinata - litorea - lutaria - obscura - pictipennis - scybalaria - stercoraria - suilla Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= |
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