Thread subject: Diptera.info :: kissed by a spider, Calliphora?
Posted by mwkozlowski on 21-08-2008 21:46
#1
it was to strong to fall a victom! Flaw away! But was it Calliphora?
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2008 21:51
#2
nO. fLY is a Calliphoridae - Lucillia sp.
The spider belongs to the Dyctinidae family. :) It is a Dyctina, if I'm not wrong.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 21-08-2008 21:52
Posted by Zeegers on 22-08-2008 10:01
#3
I'm not an expert, but somehow it doesn't look like Lucilia.
Are we sure it is not Neomyia (Muscidae) ?
Theo
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-08-2008 10:13
#4
well spotted Theo. Really scutum DOESN'T HAVE very strong bristles. So it cannot be a Lucillia sp. The gena seems more CHyrsomyia .. not so protruding as we can see in Neomyia. Now, I'm not sure. It would help to see the frontalia. :)
Concerning the spider I'm sure about the family. :)
Posted by Susan R Walter on 22-08-2008 13:15
#5
Hmm...I looked at this, had doubts about Lucilia, then decided it probably was Lucilia. I think the choice is between Lucilia and Neomyia (viridescens). Chrysomya is unlikely in Poland, but Neomyia can have a similar look - that rather overstuffed and hunched appearance, and a rather bluey tinge to the green. I did wonder about Chrysominae though - Protocalliphora.
Upshot of all this pondering: I don't know.
Posted by Susan R Walter on 06-09-2008 16:07
#6
This fly doesn't appear to have metallic green jowls, so I think it is not Neomyia, but some Calliphorid.
Edited by Susan R Walter on 06-09-2008 16:10