Thread subject: Diptera.info :: which Lucilia? => Lucilia sericata

Posted by Siegfried Rudolf on 30-04-2024 08:38
#1

Hi together,
is it possible to precisely identify this Lucilia? Photographed yesterday on a meadow in southwest Germany; Size approx. 8 mm.

Greetings Siggi

Edited by Siegfried Rudolf on 30-04-2024 10:38

Posted by Siegfried Rudolf on 30-04-2024 08:38
#2

pic. 2

Posted by eklans on 30-04-2024 09:27
#3

Hello Siggi, it's a male Lucilia sericata.
(the pale basicosta is hard to see, but the broad frons and the green tergite 1+2 excludes L. silvarum which also has 3 pairs of acr bristles)

Edited by eklans on 30-04-2024 09:32

Posted by Siegfried Rudolf on 30-04-2024 10:37
#4

Thank you very much Eric,

Greetings Siggi

Posted by Siegfried Rudolf on 25-10-2024 18:17
#5

Hi together

I posted this fly on INaturalist just yesterday as Lucilia sericata. They think that can't be true. The reason given was: "2 anterodorsal bristles on the middle tibia". I compared my pictures online and found that the middle tibia on my fly looks exactly the same as on Lucilia sericata. Which is correct?

Here is the link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248855499

Greetings Siggi

Posted by eklans on 25-10-2024 19:02
#6

Hi Siggi, I do not see the 2 ad-bristles on t2...

Posted by Siegfried Rudolf on 27-10-2024 10:45
#7

Hi Eric,

the enlargement of the image shows two bristles. But I cannot tell if both are anterodorsal.

Greetings Siggi