Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Sarcophaga
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 08-07-2007 17:01
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 Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Don't suppose there is much point to this, but is there anything more that can be said other than Sarcophaga sp? Indre et Loire (37), central France, 21 June 2007, c10mm. I got the strong impression it arrived to investigate the injured rhinoceros beetle I was photographing on the terrace in the garden, so I turned the camera on it too.
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 08-07-2007 17:02
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
More frontal view.
Susan R Walter attached the following image:  [141.75Kb] Edited by Susan R Walter on 08-07-2007 17:05 Susan |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 08-07-2007 17:17
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
If it had orange genitalia it is unlikely to be Sarcophaga (s.s.) but may be one of the other genera, like Heteronychia  |
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| Kahis |
Posted on 08-07-2007 18:29
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 Member Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1999 Joined: 02.09.04 |
Some Sarcophaga (s.l.) do breed in dead insects. Perhaps this female was looking for a home for its young. Awww, so sweet but so gross 
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| Susan R Walter |
Posted on 09-07-2007 12:45
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Member Location: Touraine du Sud, central France Posts: 1802 Joined: 14.01.06 |
Chris - ah yes - I had forgotten about orange genitalia - thanks. Kahis - yes, that is what I thought. Thanks to you both. Susan |
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