Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Early Lucilia? (14.02.23)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 03-03-2023 22:37
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Hello,

normally all Lucilia sized green metallic flies in January until March are Neomyia cornicina (Muscidae) here (northwest Germany).
Lucilia seldom occurs before mid/late April. But this one visited on a sunny day (14 °C) my fruit baits in our courtyard (together with some true Neomyia, Calliphora vicina, Pollenia sp., Phaonia tuguriorum etc.) in the midth of February. And it seems to be really a Lucilia, no Neomyia, correct?

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