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Posted on 21-07-2010 15:37
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This asilid flied to my and to my hair. It was a big one.
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and very near another flied to my trousers...
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Aren't these different species?
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No, the same fly i would say at dry land near Lleida city at north Spain. 9 min difference between photos but a big one that i think it is the same.
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I thought that they were different because in the second picture all the white hair has disappeared from the fore tibia..?? Did you shave its legs????Cool
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And this was 20 min later from first picture,
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a frons veiw from this last picture
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And more pictures from the same day and place, i thought they were male and female but they must be surely different specs...
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and finally a view from above
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