Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 House Fly ?
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| Stephen |
Posted on 31-08-2006 10:56
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Is this Musca domestica? I tried to look at wing venation and the striping on the thorax, but it would be good to hear someone confirm the ID, or correct it. Photographed in West Virginia USA. Thanks for any help! Stephen attached the following image:  [123.28Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 31-08-2006 20:24
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Musca, yes, but not domestica - the frontal orbits are too wide. Musca autumnalis occurs in the US, so I think that's what this is. (Female)
Edited by Tony Irwin on 31-08-2006 21:04 Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 31-08-2006 23:52
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Thanks, Tony! The frontal orbit is the gray speckled area surrounding the eye of the fly, basically the front part of what we might call in a mammal the eye socket?
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 01-09-2006 09:24
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Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7306 Joined: 19.11.04 |
That's it. Bordering the eye are the orbits. Above the antennae are the frontal orbits (on either side of the frons - the bit in between is called the frontalia); below the antennae are the facial orbits, with the face in between.
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| Stephen |
Posted on 01-09-2006 11:03
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Thanks, Tony! Diptera.info is such a great education for me.
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Robert Nash |
Posted on 01-09-2006 11:26
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Member Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast, Ireland Posts: 288 Joined: 11.11.05 |
More lessons? Try going to the Glossary (Menu at top left) > C > Chaetotaxy then click on the CSIRO link Explore and enjoy .Robert |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 02-09-2006 01:35
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Robert, Thank-you! Looks like an excellent resource. I had a quick look at work today on a high-speed line, from which I learned this is not a good site for dial-up, which I have at home. But I can't wait to have a leisurely look at this.
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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