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 Greenbottle - Lucilia? identification
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| nick upton |
Posted on 14-03-2010 16:46
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Is it possible for anyone to identify this large metallic green fly, maybe a Lucilia sp. Greenbottle. (L. caesar?? or are there many very similar species that cannot be separated from photos alone? Photographed 25.6.09 in a Wiltshire garden, close to a dead mole killed by a cat which it then flew to!! NickU - Generalist naturalist and photographer nick upton attached the following image:  [188.12Kb] |
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| tim worfolk |
Posted on 15-03-2010 21:47
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 Member Location: Devon, England Posts: 737 Joined: 05.05.09 |
Hi Nick, none of the experts seem to have taken this up so I'll have a go. Definitely Lucilia but there are 7 spp. in Britain and in most cases you're going to need a male specimen and examine it's genitalia to get it down to species. However, I think you can at least narrow it down from a photo; a dark basicosta and lack of marginal bristles on the 3rd abdomninal segment (which this seems to show) limits it to one of three spp. ampullacea, caesar or illustris. Not much help, I'm afraid - I've never been able to determine one of these to species. Tim |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 15-03-2010 23:11
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Thanks Tim, at least it seems i got close to an ID! And i guessed it wouldn't be possible to get more specific than "Lucilia sp." from a photo alone and you've helped narrow it down closer than that. Here's another shot of it checking out the dead mole I mentioned! Nick nick upton attached the following image:  [118.94Kb] |
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