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Unknown fly from La Palma - Scathophaga stercoraria
Marc T
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Posted on 29-03-2013 16:34
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Found this nice yellow fly with with his prey on Llano del Jable, Canary Islands, La Palma (about 1000msm) on a grey, cold, foggy day, March 19th, 2013.
Any idea about genus/species?

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Scathophaga sp. Smile Andrzej
Dr. A. J. Woznica, Institute of Biology, Wroclaw University of Environmental & Life Sciences. Poland
 
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Cool -thanks Andrzej!
 
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Scathophaga stercoraria.
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Thanks a lot, Stephane!
 
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