Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Pollenia vagabunda | Spring ?Calliphorid from Britain

Posted by evergestis on 29-08-2017 20:02
#1
31 March 2016, Wimbledon Common, London, UK.

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Edited by evergestis on 20-03-2020 18:42

Posted by Zeegers on 30-08-2017 07:21
#2
Female Bellardia

Theo

Posted by evergestis on 30-08-2017 09:11
#3
Zeegers wrote:
Female Bellardia

Theo

Thank you!

Posted by johnes81 on 18-02-2020 11:28
#4
Hello evergestis,

Bellardia is not correct! This is clearly a female Pollenia vagabunda!
presutural undusted stripe is diagnostic. Bluish sheen of abdomen is common.

Best wishes,
John

Posted by evergestis on 20-03-2020 18:42
#5
johnes81 wrote:
Hello evergestis,

Bellardia is not correct! This is clearly a female Pollenia vagabunda!
presutural undusted stripe is diagnostic. Bluish sheen of abdomen is common.

Best wishes,
John

Oh, thanks!

Posted by evergestis on 20-03-2020 18:50
#6
BTW, I have a male from that location and date, too!
https://evergestis.wordpress.com/2016/03/31/wimbledon-common-13/