Latest posts tagged with #Calliphora on Bluesky
Calliphora vicina larva, credit: courtesy of article authors.
New work in #RESMedVetEnt
Detection of arsenic, mercury, cadmium & lead compounds in #Calliphora vicina (#Diptera: #Calliphoridae) larvae & their impact on larval development
doi.org/10.1111/mve.70047
#ForensicEntomology
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Photo: C. vicina larva (courtesy article authors)
New research in #RESMedVetEnt
Species delimitation of the Afrotropical and Palaearctic #Calliphora Robineau-Desvoidy and discovery of two new species in Afrotropics
doi.org/10.1111/mve.70011
#Blowflies #COI #Taxonomy #InsectID
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Picture courtesy Drashti R. Parmar
A screenshot from the iNaturalist website showing my observation from this weekend of a big black and blue blowfly. The species name across the top says "Rango Pango · New Zealand Blue Blowfly, Calliphora quadrimaculata". (I have iNaturalist set for me to display Māori names then English names so I can practice the Māori names.) https://inaturalist.nz/observations/304190384
A photo of a big black and blue blowfly, sitting on blue clothing.
Another photo of a big black and blue blowfly, sitting on blue clothing. This photo shows more clearly the iridescent blue abdomen.
Behold, Rango Pango!
That's the Māori name for this elegant native New Zealand blowfly. The fly is mostly black with a big shiny blue abdomen.
This rango pango landed on a student during our weekend field trip up in the North Canterbury mountains. She (the […]
[Original post on mastodon.nz]
Here's a nice Blue Bottle fly
#photography #fly #BlueBottle #iridescent #metallic #Calliphora #MacroPhotography #entomology #PhotoOfTheDay #insect
