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any chance of ID from this photo
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Posted on 09-10-2010 17:59
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terrible photo but for some reason my brother needs an ID, any chance?

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Looks like a Scatophagidae
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yes I thought it looked a bit like a Dung fly.
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This one apparently more interested in a piece of chocolate, than in a piece of s..t
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Probably Scathophaga stercoraria if it has black antenna, that's the most common one.

Th chocolate is the correct colour! Grin
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You have gooooood eyse! I did not even see the antennae!
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