Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another green fly

Posted by Cor Zonneveld on 02-11-2006 22:39
#1
With my overly simple insect guide I arrived at Cynomyia, based mainly on the shape of the abdomen. Can anyone (dis)confirm my uneducated guess? Photograph taken in Belgium, near Stavelot (Ardennes). 19 August 2006.

Thanks again!

Posted by Paul Beuk on 02-11-2006 22:44
#2
I think you are correct (at least, not if the photo changes as with the Lucilia Pfft).

Posted by Tony Irwin on 02-11-2006 23:36
#3
Excellent male Cynomya mortuorum - grey striped thorax, undusted green or blue abdomen and orange anterior frons are the unmistakable combination.

Posted by Zeegers on 03-11-2006 10:21
#4
For some reasons, Cynomyia is green in the Ardennes.
In the Netherlands, it is (nearly) always blue.
Any clues why ?

Theo Zeegers

Posted by lweit on 03-11-2006 17:15
#5
Hello
In NE of France, he's blue

Louis

Posted by Kahis on 03-11-2006 18:38
#6
Both color forms occur in Finland, but blue is dominating.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 03-11-2006 20:46
#7
Only ever seen green in England and Scotland.