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Blue Calliphorid (?)
Juergen Peters	#1 Posted on 14-08-2006 20:40
Member Location: Posts: 13502 Joined: 11.09.04	Hello! These flies were numerous on flowers yesterday here in Ostwestfalen/Germany. They were considerably smaller than a Calliphora, more like a Lucilia. What genus could they be? Thanks! Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


Nikita Vikhrev	#2 Posted on 14-08-2006 20:43
Member Location: Posts: 9193 Joined: 24.05.05	Hi Juergen. May be fly is rather black than blue, and belong to Tachinidae than Calliphoridae? Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University


Juergen Peters	#3 Posted on 14-08-2006 21:20
Member Location: Posts: 13502 Joined: 11.09.04	Hello, Nikita! Nikita Vikhrev wrote: May be fly is rather black than blue, and belong to Tachinidae than Calliphoridae? In reality they looked rather black, but on all my photos they show this blueish brillance. Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=


Tony Irwin	#4 Posted on 14-08-2006 23:57
Member Location: Posts: 7168 Joined: 19.11.04	This reminds me of Epicampocera succincta - see http://www.dipter...post_12338. I haven't got a good record on tachinids, so wait for confirmation! Tony ---------- Tony Irwin


Zeegers	#5 Posted on 15-08-2006 10:19
Member Location: Posts: 18446 Joined: 21.07.04	Great ! A self-learning forum. Theo Zeegers


Juergen Peters	#6 Posted on 15-08-2006 18:55
Member Location: Posts: 13502 Joined: 11.09.04	Hello, Nikita, Tony and Theo! Thanks a lot! This is my first metallic Tachinid except Gymnochaeta viridis :-). Best regards, Jürgen -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Juergen Peters Borgholzhausen, Germany WWW: http://insektenfo... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=