Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Bactromyia aurulenta?
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| shar |
Posted on 17-08-2006 21:02
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Member Location: Posts: 197 Joined: 15.05.06 |
Dear All, Is this fly Bactromyia aurulenta? greetings, Shar shar attached the following image:  [141.63Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 17-08-2006 21:05
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
More like Pollenia sp. - Calliphoridae. Note the golden hairs on the thorax and the uneven, 'broken' grey dusting on the abdomen. |
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| shar |
Posted on 17-08-2006 21:16
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Member Location: Posts: 197 Joined: 15.05.06 |
Dear Chris, I think you are right, thanks. A pity that the goldenhairs are not really made of gold or are they  gr, Shar |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 18-08-2006 10:19
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04 |
The golden hairs are a bit of a mystery. Sometimes I think they are there just to make it easier for us to identify Pollenia!  All the species have them when they emerge, but drop them during the summer and autumn, so that when they emerge after hibernation many are almost completely bare of them. What function they serve is still unknown (at least to me!). Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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