Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bellardia?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-07-2008 22:54
#1
Hello!
A rather small (6 mm) Calliphorid (?) from the light in our garden (northwest Germany), July-03. Perhaps
Bellardia sp.?
Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-07-2008 09:46
#2
Hello!
Juergen Peters wrote:
A rather small (6 mm) Calliphorid (?) from the light in our garden (northwest Germany), July-03. Perhaps Bellardia sp.?
No opinions?
Posted by Susan R Walter on 17-07-2008 13:32
#3
Yes probably, but I can't discount
Melinda.
Posted by Juergen Peters on 17-07-2008 22:40
#4
Hello, Susan!
Susan R Walter wrote:
Yes probably, but I can't discount Melinda.
Thanks!
Melinda is numerous here, but I know it only in blue.
Posted by Susan R Walter on 18-07-2008 13:37
#5
The blue/green distinction is mentioned a lot in the literature, but I think it is fairly subjective (and difficult to judge in photos - one never knows how real a colour like that is) and I think from Gabor's posts in the past that he has found that whether a small calliphorid has a blue or a green cast is of little use or consistency once you key out the specimen.