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 Muscid ID please
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| davenicholls |
Posted on 17-04-2008 19:12
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Member Location: Leicester, England Posts: 240 Joined: 27.04.07 |
Can anyone help with this species. Seen early April in woodland in Leicestershire. Thanks
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 17-04-2008 19:14
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Male Pollenia sp. (Calliphoridae).
Stephane. |
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| davenicholls |
Posted on 17-04-2008 19:54
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Member Location: Leicester, England Posts: 240 Joined: 27.04.07 |
Thanks Stephane. I've looked at Pollenia images in the gallery - there are a couple of P. rudis males there which have similar abdominal patterns. However I thought P. rudis had golden hairs on the thorax which these don't seem to have.... Could it be rudis? |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 17-04-2008 20:56
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Hair can disappear on old flies. It could be P. rudis, but I doubt it is possible to tell without the specimen in hand.
Stephane. |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 18-04-2008 13:13
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Actually I think male Pollenia probably can be ID'd from photos. I'm working on it. Give me 6 months 
Susan |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 18-04-2008 13:45
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
We rely on you Susan. I know you can make the Calliphoridae learning easier ! 
Stephane. |
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