Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 ID help, please?
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| jezlee |
Posted on 15-07-2007 16:11
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 Member Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
Does anyone know what this metallic-looking fly is? 
jezlee attached the following image:  [117.28Kb] Jez Lee www.uknature.co.uk |
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| conopid |
Posted on 15-07-2007 17:42
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 Member Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1039 Joined: 02.07.04 |
Chloromyia formosa - male. Stratiomyidae (soldierfly).
Nigel Jones, Shrewsbury, United Kingdom |
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| jezlee |
Posted on 15-07-2007 21:52
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Member Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
conopid wrote: Chloromyia formosa - male. Stratiomyidae (soldierfly). Thanks, Nigel! By any chance, does the female of this species have a blue-green abdomen? Jez Lee www.uknature.co.uk |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 16-07-2007 08:02
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
jezlee wrote: conopid wrote: Chloromyia formosa - male. Stratiomyidae (soldierfly). Thanks, Nigel! By any chance, does the female of this species have a blue-green abdomen? Yes, this species is sexually dimorphous exactly as you describe. Kahis |
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| jezlee |
Posted on 16-07-2007 10:26
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Member Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 195 Joined: 12.06.06 |
Kahis wrote: Yes, this species is sexually dimorphous exactly as you describe. Thanks, Kahis ... I was going to post that picture as well, but you have solved the mystery for me!
Jez Lee www.uknature.co.uk |
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