Posted by Juergen Peters on 30-12-2006 22:16
#3
Hello, Tony!
Tony Irwin wrote:
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.
Thanks! It already came into my mind that the small size could be the result of larval foot shortage. But I never saw
such a small
Calliphora (and never such a late one).