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Hippoboscidae Ornithomya avicularia?
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 Hello,

This is the first time I have seen these, and I had a another but a different colour a week later!

The first one, which is green, was on 21st June. The brown one was on 28th June, both inside! I have Doves nesting behind a satellite dish so I was wondering if they were from that nest but I also have Starlings in the roof space.

Janet

The green one.. could be a female?
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 The brown one, maybe a male?
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 They are Ornithomya but from the pictures I cannot tell which one. The dove might indeed indicate avicularia, asit will prefer somewhat bigger hosts in general as it is a larger species.
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 Thanks Paul, I found it depends on the number of bristles on the scutellum and I can't see on any of the photos how many there are for sure.
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 The wing venation indicates O. avicularia, indeed.

The green has nothing to do with sex but with blood !!
They turn green after sucking blood.

Those vampires


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 Thank you Theo!

Eeek, green blood? It can't have sucked my blood then! Grin
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