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| jane bowman |
Posted on 13-01-2008 15:41
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Interested to know the identity of this fly found on a birch tree in the scottish highlands last July. Would also be interested in peoples opinions as to 'what happened to the wings?' Thanks Jane Bowman |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 13-01-2008 18:44
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1. It is a bluebottle (Calliphora - Calliphoridae) 2. I'd say it has been eaten by a predator - perhaps a dragonfly. Something has chewed though the abdomen and empied it. Kahis |
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 14-01-2008 13:57
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Looking at the neat narrow white border on the calypters, and being in an upland location, it seems to me that there is a good chance this is not C vicina, but one of the other Calliphora spp.
Susan |
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| jane bowman |
Posted on 15-01-2008 10:24
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Thanks for help with this everyone Jane |
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but don't see the image in the post.
