Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Bluebottle - Calliphora vicina or vomitoria?
Posted by nick upton on 19-03-2010 21:38
#1
C. vicina I think, but am not sure what characters are most definitive.
NickU
Posted by nick upton on 19-03-2010 21:39
#2
And a head -on view of the same fly
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 19-03-2010 21:50
#3
Calliphora vicina. Reddish gena, the only one Calliphora with this feature.
Posted by nick upton on 19-03-2010 21:56
#4
A very helpful, quick response. Thanks Jorge!
NickU
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 19-03-2010 22:43
#5
I must add that Calliphora uralensis and Calliphora subalpina have yellow-orange gena. But the colour of epaullete and tegula are right for vicina.
(the anterior spiracle should be yellow in vicina - not visible)
Posted by nick upton on 20-03-2010 20:49
#6
OK, many thanks for the extra tips.
Nick