Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Oestridae (Pharyngomyia picta)
#1
Is it Pharyngomyia picta?
About 14mm,2006-08-06,Hockai,Belgium
Thanks
#2
Wow!! it seems a very robust calliphorid.
remember a little some rhiniin fly.
#3
was it found near sheeps or goats?
Posted by
crex on 17-11-2007 18:34
#4
Nice photo of a fascinating fly. It looks like a little pig
There are 4 genera and 8 species in Europe. I wonder if we have them in Sweden ...
#5
sure.
See here -
http://www.faunaeur.org/distribution.php
there is Oestridae in Sweden. seek for sheeps and goats.
Here I never saw any Oestridae.
And they are amazing. But a friend of mine spotted them... or were them Hypodermatidae? Not sure..
Posted by
ChrisR on 17-11-2007 18:49
#6
A real beauty
Pity that so many livestock are fed insecticides because this group of flies would surely have been common >50 years ago. Reminds me of the 'Sheep Nostril Fly' (
Oestrus ovis) that I caught a few years ago. At that time I couldn't find anyone locally who had seen them within the last 25 years, but I was lucky to visit a nature reserve just after they had removed a flock of 'organically reared' sheep
#7
No sheeps or goats, but presence of the hart, roe-deer (also cow).
#8
Others pictures of this Oestridae.
Do you agree with the name Pharyngomyia picta or could it be another species.
Christine
#9
someone compared this family fly like a Pug .
Posted by
Zeegers on 18-11-2007 09:25
#10
Forget about sheep and goats,
the ID Pharygomyia picta is excellent, hosts are deer.
Little collected species, great hilltopper !
How did you get it, Christine ?
Theo
Posted by
Xespok on 18-11-2007 09:36
#11
One of the most attractive flies ever posted on this forum. It is a pity that the habits of this fly are disgusting. There are plenty of deer in Hungary. I have a few hunter friends, who say that they quite often find the larvae under the skin of roe-deer. I have to keep my eyes open in August.
#12
Thanks Theo for the confirmation of the ID
We were lucky to see this Oestridae. We had put our bag on the ground while looking at other insects. Suddently we saw this amazing fly coming on the bag. It stayed there a few minuts. I took a lot of pictures, and that didn't seem to disturb it. Then it flew away.
A last picture just for the fun!
Posted by
Zeegers on 19-11-2007 17:37
#13
Well, after hilltopping catching these guys (that is, Cephenemyiini) on bags is indeed the second most popular method.
Great find, great pictures.
Theo
#14
and now I will show another Oestridae from Canada. The photo was taken by Sean McCann. This time is a Cuterebra sp. larva. It is impressive as those imago flies!
Posted by
Kahis on 01-12-2007 22:00
#15
Those larvae are pretty damn big. I have seen some preserved ones in the museum. They give me the creeps like no other larva does
#16
ohh really? You gave me a great idea, Jere! Thanks a thousand!
#17
Terrific indeed
What size for this one?
Do you know the size of the larva of Pharyngomyia picta, does they live under the skin or in the nostril?
Christine
Posted by
Zeegers on 02-12-2007 18:20
#18
It lives in the pharynx, that's why it's called Pharyngomia !!
Theo
#19
Ok, so the larva seen by the hunter friends of Xespok under the skin of roe deer where other oestridae
Posted by
Zeegers on 03-12-2007 17:49
#20
Correct.
Larvae under the skin are Hypodermatinae, in his case H. diana.
(or, in the New World: Cuterebrinae, again a name well chosen)
Theo