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| Antonym |
Posted on 08-10-2009 17:06
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Member Location: Stafford UK Posts: 18 Joined: 15.09.09 |
I sure this beastie is very common, but I would be grateful if someone could put a name to it for me. Tony M. Antonym attached the following image:  [178.99Kb] |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 08-10-2009 17:13
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
It's a scathophagid but please indicate where in the world you saw this  If you fill in the Location in your profile it can help too 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 08-10-2009 17:47
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
At least it's in a place where ivy (Hedera helix) grows - so in a temperate region!  I think the fly is a Scathophaga. Regards, Sundew |
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| lagura |
Posted on 08-10-2009 17:55
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 Member Location: Helsingborg, Sweden Posts: 1241 Joined: 24.10.08 |
Looks like Scathophaga stercoraria to me (yellow hair, blackish antennae)
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| Antonym |
Posted on 08-10-2009 19:06
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Member Location: Stafford UK Posts: 18 Joined: 15.09.09 |
Does scathophaga mean that it eats 'scathos' - scathoes?? or that it has a mouth like a scatho?. Many thanks anyway for the ID Tony. |
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