Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sarcophagidae, Brachicoma devia? -> possible Sarcophaga dissimilis

Posted by evdebs on 11-06-2021 22:43
#1
Is this Brachicoma devia? It was noticeably smaller than the common Sarcophaga sp. flies that I see at this site. Seen on 09/06/2021 in the margin of a commercial strawberry field in Kent, UK.

Many thanks,
Dylan
Edited by evdebs on 12-06-2021 08:22

Posted by evdebs on 11-06-2021 22:43
#2
second angle

Posted by tristram on 12-06-2021 06:42
#3
Most small black Sarcophagidae like this that I catch here in Reading turn out to be Sarcophaga dissimilis.

Posted by evdebs on 12-06-2021 08:14
#4
Oh ok, thanks! I didn't realise there were Sarcophaga species that could be that dark.

Dylan

Posted by Juergen Peters on 12-06-2021 10:26
#5
Hello,

tristram wrote:
Most small black Sarcophagidae like this that I catch here in Reading turn out to be Sarcophaga dissimilis.


could this fly be the same species? There were several of them on the wing yesterday near a small brook (northwest Germany). They were only about 5 mm in size and seemed to be much darker than other Sarcophagas.