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 can you confirm Lucilia caesar?
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| Toby |
Posted on 05-04-2007 23:46
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 Member Location: SW LONDON Posts: 550 Joined: 12.01.07 |
so many similar species, I would like to confirm this is a real Greenbottle: |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 06-04-2007 00:02
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
for almost all calliphorids, we need to see genitalia to have sure about species. There are various Lucilia that looks the same. |
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| Toby |
Posted on 06-04-2007 00:15
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Member Location: SW LONDON Posts: 550 Joined: 12.01.07 |
fair enough, guess i'll have to settle for Lucilia genus on all my 'Greenbottle' shots. Shame you cant tell from the eyes! |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 06-04-2007 00:31
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
very beatuiful photo! the best would be the genitalia.  |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 06-04-2007 13:07
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9282 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Being discribed first out of other Lucilia, L.caesar Linnaeus 1758 is a chrestomatic species for genus Lucilia in all popular guide-books. But it seems not as common species as guide-books authors think. As far as I know L.caesar has 2 post sut ac - yours 3ac, so it is another species of Lucilia. Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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