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 Black fly with large pads
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| walwyn |
Posted on 12-10-2022 00:31
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Member Location: Warwickshire, UK Posts: 192 Joined: 16.06.06 |
Photographed at Ryton Meadows on 9th August 2020.
walwyn attached the following image:  [233.96Kb] Edited by walwyn on 12-10-2022 00:34 |
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| Jan Willem |
Posted on 12-10-2022 08:53
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 Member Location: Waalwijk, The Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 24.07.04 |
Looks like Sarcophagidae to me, but wait for the experts :-).
Jan Willem van Zuijlen |
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| walwyn |
Posted on 12-10-2022 09:31
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Member Location: Warwickshire, UK Posts: 192 Joined: 16.06.06 |
Thank you Jan. I’ll wait on. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 12-10-2022 11:47
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7102 Joined: 19.11.04 |
It's a male Sarcophaga (s.l.) - the lack of grey dusting and the tattered wings indicate it's an old individual. It would require a genitalia prep for identiification.
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| walwyn |
Posted on 12-10-2022 13:34
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Member Location: Warwickshire, UK Posts: 192 Joined: 16.06.06 |
Thanks Tony. I gather that they are difficult at the best of time. |
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but don't see the image in the post.
