Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Blue Calliphorid (?)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-08-2006 20:40
#1
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!

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 14-08-2006 20:43
#2
Hi Juergen.
May be fly is rather black than blue, and belong to Tachinidae than Calliphoridae?
Nikita

Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-08-2006 21:20
#3
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.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 14-08-2006 23:57
#4
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! Grin

Posted by Zeegers on 15-08-2006 10:19
#5
Great !
A self-learning forum.

Theo Zeegers

Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-08-2006 18:55
#6
Hello, Nikita, Tony and Theo!

Thanks a lot! This is my first metallic Tachinid except Gymnochaeta viridis :-).