Thread subject: Diptera.info :: A green fly Lucilia

Posted by lweit on 22-07-2006 22:16
#1

Is that fly a species of the genus Lucilia ?? And what species ??

Thank you
Louis

Posted by lweit on 22-07-2006 22:17
#2

A second photo of this fly taken in NE of France, near Metz

Posted by Tony Irwin on 22-07-2006 22:54
#3

No, not Lucilia. It is Neomyia cornicina (Muscidae).
Lucilia have a deeper bend in vein M and a more bristly abdomen.