Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Sarcophaga

Posted by Susan R Walter on 08-07-2007 17:01
#1
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.

Posted by Susan R Walter on 08-07-2007 17:02
#2
More frontal view.
Edited by Susan R Walter on 08-07-2007 17:05

Posted by ChrisR on 08-07-2007 17:17
#3
If it had orange genitalia it is unlikely to be Sarcophaga (s.s.) but may be one of the other genera, like Heteronychia Smile

Posted by Kahis on 08-07-2007 18:29
#4
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 Cool

Posted by Susan R Walter on 09-07-2007 12:45
#5
Chris - ah yes - I had forgotten about orange genitalia - thanks.

Kahis - yes, that is what I thought.

Thanks to you both.