Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Shining blue flies

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-05-2006 17:58
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Hello!

Here are several blue metallic flies found yesterday in Ostwestfalen/Germany on a meadow near a forest. Is it possible to restrict them to family or genus level? Thanks in advance!

The first one seems - from the wing venation - to be a Calliphorid. It was slightly larger and much bluer than a typical Lucilia.
www.foto-upload.de/diptera/060516/Calliphoridae_spp_blue_10mm.jpg

I'm not sure if this larger fly (13-15 mm) is a Calliphorid or perhaps a Tachinid:
www.foto-upload.de/diptera/060516/Calliphoridae_spp_blue_13mm.jpg

The last one (sorry, bad picture) seems to be a Muscid (ca. 10 mm):
www.foto-upload.de/diptera/060516/Muscidae_spp_blue_10mm.jpg