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Protocalliphora azurea | British ?Calliphorid for ID
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evergestis |
Posted on 18-06-2018 16:15
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Member Location: London, UK Posts: 282 Joined: 27.09.14 |
London, South Norwood Country Park, 18 June 2018 Edited by evergestis on 21-06-2018 22:05 Vlad Proklov http://evergestis.wordpress.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/evergestis/ |
johnes81 |
Posted on 18-06-2018 17:49
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Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1978 Joined: 15.10.16 |
Protocalliphora. I think that it is most likely P. azurea
John and Nini. Naturalists not experts. |
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evergestis |
Posted on 18-06-2018 18:00
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Member Location: London, UK Posts: 282 Joined: 27.09.14 |
Thank you!
Vlad Proklov http://evergestis.wordpress.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/evergestis/ |
johnes81 |
Posted on 18-06-2018 20:30
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Member Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 1978 Joined: 15.10.16 |
just to clarify: I really think that this is P. azurea but you only have one photo posted. A female P. azurea usually bears a greenish thorax and abdomen. However, the abdomen can appear to be blue in lateral view such as that depicted in your photo. I've attached a photo to illustrate my point. We can usually detect the greenish color through the hyaline wings. I think that i see a greenish color through the wings but it is not conclusive. I highly doubt this fly could be anything other than azurea. I am just bothered by the intensity of blue on the abdomen and the dark lower calypter. P. azurea can have infuscated calypters but this one seems dark. Have you strengthened the contrast of the photo?
johnes81 attached the following image: [41.67Kb] John and Nini. Naturalists not experts. |
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evergestis |
Posted on 18-06-2018 23:01
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Member Location: London, UK Posts: 282 Joined: 27.09.14 |
I actually lightened the photo overall, it was too contrasting originally, shot pretty much against the sun. I only saw the fly in lateral view, it escaped before I could make a shot from another angle or catch it But the abdomen did look more blue than the thorax in life! And eyes were bright red, which caught my attention in the first place. Vlad Proklov http://evergestis.wordpress.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/evergestis/ |
evergestis |
Posted on 21-06-2018 22:05
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Member Location: London, UK Posts: 282 Joined: 27.09.14 |
Ian Andrews confirmed ID as azurea: https://www.flickr.com/photos/evergestis/42878358261 Vlad Proklov http://evergestis.wordpress.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/evergestis/ |
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