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Hello,

I had a good day for snail killers:)

This looks like a new one for me,i can see a similar one in the gallery but im not sure,please could anyone help?

Found in rural sussex UK + maybe about 10mm.

thanks,

Noel.

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Hi Noel.
It is Sepedon spinipes.
Nikita

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thanks :)

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i saw lots of snails here. :( How and where can I find Sciomyzidae to help to control these increase of snails?

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Jorge, what do you have against snails? It is nice and harmless animals! Sepedon has nothing against snails - as Don Corleone said - "nothing personal, just business".
Nikita
P.S. You can find Sepedon of the grass growing from water

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i don?t like snails, they destroy some plants here. :( When I said many I would mean hundreds of them! During the night, I was suprised when I walked above a "snail ground". :S and hear just "cratch" "cratch" :S


I see that there are_ "Larvae (of Sciomyzidae) prey on slugs and freshwater snails."

I will try to seek for these Sciomyzidae flies. I never saw one. Perhaps do they like more cold weather?

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This Sepedon S.spinipes do not recorded in Portuguese, but blackish Sepedon sphegea and rare Sepedon femorata (I wish to have a specimen!) do. Sepedon has nothing against hot weather - it is mostly tropical genus. Other Sciomyzidae prefer the shadow places, you will find a lot in Portuguese.
Bon chance, Jorge:D