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Is this Sarcophaga sp. ?
Makro Freak
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Posted on 01-11-2007 14:53
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Hello,

can you help me please identify this beauty ?

Loc. Munich
Size 8mm

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Here i added a topview, maybe that helps
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And a frontview Smile
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No bend in vein M, so this is not Sarcophaga (though the body looks very like it!). This is Polietes (Muscidae)
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Thank you very much. I'am a good photographer but very bad in specifying insects Smile.

Could it be Polietes lardarius ? I really would to spend this pictures to the gallery, or do you think it's ok if i upload them as polietes sp ?


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I have no objection for P. lardarius.
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