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#1 2008-09-01 16:50:52
- Letitiamaxwell
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Possible soldier fly
Photographed on waste ground near a marshy area. ID?
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#2 2008-09-01 16:52:28
- Letitiamaxwell
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Re: Possible soldier fly
Can anyone ID this fly?
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#3 2008-09-03 22:01:26
- Stephane Lebrun
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Re: Possible soldier fly
It's a green bottle fly (Calliphoridae-Lucilia or Muscidae-Neomyia...). I can't say more with this picture.
Stephane.
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#4 2008-09-04 09:00:10
- Andy chick
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Re: Possible soldier fly
its quite old buy the colouration i would say
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#5 2008-09-04 20:36:02
- jaapiella
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Re: Possible soldier fly
This often happens with metallic green species, esp. in the coleoptera. e.g. Donacia, Oedemera etc. Sunburnt!
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