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Diptera.info :: Black fly with large pads
Posted by
walwyn
on 12-10-2022 00:31
#1
Photographed at Ryton Meadows on 9th August 2020.
Edited by
walwyn
on 12-10-2022 00:34
Posted by
Jan Willem
on 12-10-2022 08:53
#2
Looks like Sarcophagidae to me, but wait for the experts :-).
Posted by
walwyn
on 12-10-2022 09:31
#3
Thank you Jan. I’ll wait on.
Posted by
Tony Irwin
on 12-10-2022 11:47
#4
It's a male
Sarcophaga
(s.l.) - the lack of grey dusting and the tattered wings indicate it's an old individual. It would require a genitalia prep for identiification.
Posted by
walwyn
on 12-10-2022 13:34
#5
Thanks Tony. I gather that they are difficult at the best of time.