Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another winterly Calliphora?

Posted by Tony Irwin on 30-12-2006 13:45
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Hi J?rgen
Your photos show the pale basicosta well, so I think this is certainly vicina. As with all carrion-feeding species, the amount of larval food determines the size of the adult, so there is a wide range of sizes in Calliphora. Rognes give the length of vicina as 5 to 12 mm.