Lucilia sp. (genus)

A blowfly at Monash, ACT

Lucilia sp. (genus) at Monash, ACT - 3 Feb 2019
Lucilia sp. (genus) at Monash, ACT - 3 Feb 2019
Lucilia sp. (genus) at Monash, ACT - 3 Feb 2019
Lucilia sp. (genus) at Monash, ACT - 3 Feb 2019
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Identification history

Lucilia sp. (genus) 4 Feb 2019 MichaelMulvaney
Lucilia cuprina 3 Feb 2019 jackQ

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jgl wrote:
   4 Feb 2019
I can't suggest Lucilia sp. because "The species you've suggested may already exist as Luzula sp.."...?!
jgl wrote:
   4 Feb 2019
From Wallman, 2001, p. 435:

"Frontoclypeal membrane (Fig. 1) light brown; metasternal area (Fig. 3) hairy; outer surface of fore femora (Fig. 3) and proximal half of under surface of mid femora (Fig. 3) metallic blue to black (ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA)................................. Lucilia sericata (Meigen)

Frontoclypeal membrane dark brown to blackish; metasternal area bare; outer surface of fore femora and proximal half of undersurface of mid femora metallic green (ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA)............................................................ Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann)"

You just can't see these things in these photos.

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