Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Protocalliphora azurea | A British Calliphorid for ID
Posted by evergestis on 26-03-2019 00:20
#1
England, Surrey, Bookham Common, 25 March 2019.
Is this one of the bird nestling specialists? (The adult was feeding on a bird dropping, by the way)
Edited by evergestis on 27-03-2019 13:44
Posted by Zeegers on 26-03-2019 07:39
#2
It is Protophormia terranovae. Itself not a bird feeder, but its sisters are.
Theo
Posted by evergestis on 26-03-2019 11:33
#3
Thanks a lot!
Posted by tristram on 26-03-2019 14:15
#4
Looks more like
Protocalliphora azurea female to me.
I caught my first of the year on Sunday here in Reading.
I often come across them on bird droppings.
Posted by evergestis on 26-03-2019 19:11
#5
Actually, it does! That's what I thought in the first place, but maybe coloration is not that important, and there is some structural character which is visible on the photo?
That's why I posted it here...
Posted by andrewsi on 26-03-2019 20:03
#6
Yes, Protocalliphora azurea female.
Posted by Zeegers on 26-03-2019 21:46
#7
The calypter is pretty dark ?
Theo
Posted by evergestis on 26-03-2019 22:43
#8
The specimen escaped when I tried to box it, but I have this not very good photo, where you can see some of the calypter, I think. It's pretty dark:
Posted by evergestis on 26-03-2019 23:26
#9
But it could always be the lighting...
Posted by Zeegers on 27-03-2019 08:10
#10
Hi guys,
of course, it is yellow in azurea, but at first I ruled it as “too dark”.
But at a close look, the upper calypter is pretty light. So you are right, indeed.
Theo
Posted by evergestis on 27-03-2019 13:42
#11
Thanks everybody! Solved =)