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 Oestrus ovis?
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| sd |
Posted on 03-07-2008 22:15
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 892 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Would be pleased to have id confirmed. It was well camouflaged on the brick wall of our house! size: approx 10mm 2nd July 2008 Location- Suffolk, UK sd attached the following image:  [81.41Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 03-07-2008 23:54
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
i love this family. So unusual flies. Oestridae.  I think they were much more common than nowadays. Actually they are rarely seen. At least, I never saw one.  And I was near horses, sheeps, and other mammals...  |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 04-07-2008 11:44
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 Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7699 Joined: 12.07.04 |
I don't have the key handy but iooks very similar to the specimen I caught in a Malaise trap a few years ago in south Oxon |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 04-07-2008 19:33
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Fascinating fly.
Stephane. |
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but don't see the image in the post.