Thread subject: Diptera.info :: can you confirm Lucilia caesar?
Posted by Toby on 05-04-2007 22:46
#1
so many similar species, I would like to confirm this is a real Greenbottle:
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 05-04-2007 23:02
#2
for almost all calliphorids, we need to see genitalia to have sure about species. There are various Lucilia that looks the same.
Posted by Toby on 05-04-2007 23:15
#3
fair enough, guess i'll have to settle for Lucilia genus on all my 'Greenbottle' shots. Shame you cant tell from the eyes!
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 05-04-2007 23:31
#4
very beatuiful photo!
the best would be the genitalia. :D
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 06-04-2007 12:07
#5
Being discribed first out of other Lucilia, L.caesar Linnaeus 1758 is a chrestomatic species for genus Lucilia in all popular guide-books. But it seems not as common species as guide-books authors think. As far as I know L.caesar has 2 post sut ac - yours 3ac, so it is another species of Lucilia.
Nikita