Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Oestrus ovis?
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 25-09-2008 14:34
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
Today on a white-washed cottage near grazing marsh (lots of sheep!) near Rye, East Sussex. We have had O. ovis several times here over the last few years, but this one is later and looks slightly different, hence the posting here!
Smoggycb attached the following image:  [99.05Kb] Edited by Smoggycb on 25-09-2008 14:56 |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 25-09-2008 16:23
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
wowzers!!! what an AMAZING fly! truly spectacular!  in the past they were very common but now they are much rarer. it seems an emegerd Oestrus.. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 25-09-2008 20:59
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19143 Joined: 21.07.04 |
It is Oestrus ovis, it might be a female (maybe that is why is looks slightly different). IN Southern Europe there are other species (Oestrus and Rhinoestrus), not in Britain. Theo |
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| Smoggycb |
Posted on 27-09-2008 18:02
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Member Location: Rye Harbour, England Posts: 350 Joined: 19.05.07 |
Thanks Theo, I thought it was but it's always good to check. This is the first oestrid I have seen in the flesh, and it is certainly a spectacular fly. All the records from the reserve have been on the same building - perhaps they think it's a very big sheep! |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 28-09-2008 08:30
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19143 Joined: 21.07.04 |
NO, that is called hilltopping. Oestridae gather at higher localities at the top, the Oestrid way of disco, so to speak. Very strong mechanism. Theo |
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