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 Huge fly from South Africa, please help with ID.
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| vida |
Posted on 22-05-2017 09:23
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Member Location: South Africa Posts: 116 Joined: 28.05.09 |
I photographed this very large fly (body length more or less 50mm) at the Pilanesberg Game Reserve in South Africa. I have never seen such a large fly before and would any appreciate help with an ID. vida attached the following image:  [118.83Kb] |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 22-05-2017 14:35
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7302 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Coenomyiidae? (though the antenna don't look quite right).
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 22-05-2017 15:24
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 Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10467 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Did you get a picture of the wing veins? |
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| vida |
Posted on 22-05-2017 15:30
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Member Location: South Africa Posts: 116 Joined: 28.05.09 |
Thank you Tony and John. I will post more photos when I get home. There seemed to be something wrong with the fly. I found it sitting on a wall in the evening and it did not fly away when I got close. |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 22-05-2017 19:51
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 Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Looks like the giant Gasterophilidae Gyrostigma rhinocerontis....
Stephane. |
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| vida |
Posted on 22-05-2017 20:20
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Member Location: South Africa Posts: 116 Joined: 28.05.09 |
Yes! Thank you Stephane. It is definitely a Gyrostigma rhinocerontis I wish I got better photos but the fly was too large for my usual MP E 65mm macro lens and I had to use a 180mm macro without proper flash diffusion. It is quite fitting that I found it in the Black Rhino Game Reserve (a part of the Pilanesberg Game Reserve). Glad it is a Rhino bot fly and not a human bot fly!  |
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| Stephane Lebrun |
Posted on 22-05-2017 20:32
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Member Location: Le Havre, France Posts: 8248 Joined: 03.03.07 |
Impressive botfly indeed ! It would be nice to have this fly in the gallery ! Stephane. |
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| vida |
Posted on 22-05-2017 20:45
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Member Location: South Africa Posts: 116 Joined: 28.05.09 |
I will submit it for inclusion in the gallery. I also tried to take a couple of handheld focus stacks of the face (with my 65mm macro) but I must stil process it to see if it was a success. Thanks again for the ID. |
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