 Sarcophagids ?
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| LordV |
Posted on 30-07-2007 09:05
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Bopth pics taken Yesterday at 1:1 uncropped. Assume #1 is Sarcophaga carnaria but is #2 just a small one of the same species ? They were both sitting on a tree stump next to each other. brian v.   |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 30-07-2007 11:35
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Well, they're all sarcophagids but I wouldn't be so rash as to give them a name  The top one might be Sarcophaga carnaria, "sensu latu" but you need to see the male genitalia to be sure because there are about 6 very similar species  The second one does look a bit different but I'd need to see the specimen to be able to say for sure - scale is a bit hard to judge from close-up photos and they all look very similar from the top Sarcophagids are worth catching because in my experience you can find quite a few species just by collecting as many different-sized flies as you can on a site. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 30-07-2007 11:36
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Well, pic 1 is a female Sarcophaga, so very difficult to tell the species (if possible at all). Size is not of real importance, although anything < 7 mm. is bound to be NOT carnaria. Theo Zeegers |
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| LordV |
Posted on 30-07-2007 12:54
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Thanks for the info - just to be useful the smaller fly works out at 7.8mm body length, larger one about 12.4mm body length. brian V. |
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| Jan HC Velterop |
Posted on 23-10-2009 17:09
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Zeegers wrote: Well, pic 1 is a female Sarcophaga, so very difficult to tell the species (if possible at all). Size is not of real importance, although anything < 7 mm. is bound to be NOT carnaria. Theo Zeegers I agree with Theo, that the smallest S. variegata or S. carnaria catched by me in nature is only 7 mm long. But I have raised once a group of nearly 20 on 1 earthworm. They finished the whole within good 2 hours. Being afraid for starvation they pupated and came to life again as 5-mm-flies, smaller than I have ever seen. Jan H.C.Velterop. |
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| Jan HC Velterop |
Posted on 23-10-2009 17:12
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The second fly has only 3 post-DC, forget ID. Jan H.C.Velterop. |
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