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Muscidae - coenosia strigipes? and prey?
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 I took these photos yesterday in Pretoria, South Africa. Is the bigger fly perhaps Coenosia strigipes? Perhaps someone can ID the prey as well?
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 Another angle.
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 A crop showing the prey.
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 Coenosia is correct, not strigipes.
Prey - female Atherigona sp.
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University
 
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 Thank you Nikita! Much appreciated.Smile
 
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