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 Muscidae from Australia
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| Frederic |
Posted on 09-12-2006 11:56
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Hello! Can you help me to identify these two different flies from Victoria, SE Australia? Frederic attached the following image:  [52.4Kb] |
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| Frederic |
Posted on 09-12-2006 11:57
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And here is the second fly! Thanx a lot, Frederic Frederic attached the following image:  [56.75Kb] |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 09-12-2006 12:06
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9526 Joined: 24.05.05 |
I think it is Calliphoridae. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| crex |
Posted on 09-12-2006 12:07
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
The wing venation on the first one doesn't quite look like Muscidae, mind you I'm a newbie dipterist. Perhaps Calliphoridae? The other one was dead I guess by the appearance of it. Not much left of the wings. The diptera experts here will guide you in the right direction ... |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 09-12-2006 12:16
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Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9526 Joined: 24.05.05 |
In several Australian cites one can find this fly under name Calliphora stygia. Is it correct ID or not - I don't know. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 09-12-2006 12:41
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I think the top one is Calliphora augur, the Eastern Lesser Brown Blowfly - a common species found on carrion and sometimes involved in sheep strike. I think the lower one is Calliphora stygia, the Eastern Golden Haired Blowfly, which has very similar habits.
Edited by Tony Irwin on 09-12-2006 12:45 Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 16-01-2007 14:07
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Ahhhh! Memories of childhood - brown and golden haired blowflies similar to these were everywhere on our sheep farm in north east Victoria, no doubt the bane of my father's life. Apparently I was very fond of them as a baby - yum, crunchy
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