Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Ovipositing Lucilia (caesar?)

Posted by mvuijlst on 03-11-2004 01:40
#1

This looks like a Lucilia, but is there a way to tell exactly what Lucilia?

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Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-11-2004 08:00
#2

Alas, Lucilia's have all kinds of microscopic characters to identify them. I guess the only ones that can be identified on sight are the ones that are on hosts they parasitise on, e.g. Lucillia bufonivora on toads and Lucillia sericata on sheep. Anyone who who is more daring, please speak up. :D