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 Scathophaga stercoraria
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| crex |
Posted on 06-12-2006 21:57
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
This yellow furry fly with blackish antenna must be (a female?) Scathophaga stercoraria, right!? It was found in midwest Sweden 2006-OCT-12.
crex attached the following image:  [121.04Kb] Edited by crex on 06-12-2006 22:18 |
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| Nikita Vikhrev |
Posted on 06-12-2006 22:03
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 9223 Joined: 24.05.05 |
Hi Crex. No doubts about this fly! Nikita Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University |
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| crex |
Posted on 06-12-2006 22:16
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Nikita Vikhrev wrote: Hi Crex. No doubts about this fly! Nikita Thank you Nikita! ... and it is female!? Edited by crex on 06-12-2006 22:17 |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 06-12-2006 22:34
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7193 Joined: 19.11.04 |
No, this is a male. Sometimes the males can look like females (green and less hairy), but I don't think the females ever look like males! 
Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| crex |
Posted on 06-12-2006 22:54
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Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Tony Irwin wrote: No, this is a male. Sometimes the males can look like females (green and less hairy), but I don't think the females ever look like males! Ohh, I just looked at the width between the eyes ... Thnx Tony! |
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but don't see the image in the post.