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Mystery Blowfly
Sandy
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Posted on 29-04-2011 22:35
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Hi
Can anyone help identify this unusual blowfly with very red eyes?

Sandy
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Zeegers
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looks like a Calliphora male


THeo
 
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Posted on 01-05-2011 05:09
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Hi Theo
Any idea which one?

Zeegers wrote:
looks like a Calliphora male


THeo
 
Hana Sulakova
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Posted on 25-05-2011 18:36
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Hi Sandy,
it is Cynomya mortuorum (Calliphoridae), male
Hana
 
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I totally agree !

Don't know what was wrong with me at the time


Theo
 
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Posted on 09-06-2011 23:27
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Hmm, I'm reasonably familiar with that species. This fly is much smaller and the head and abdomen are both the wrong shape.
How about Melinda gentilis?
 
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