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March Fly

Scaptia guttata

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Description:

Large fly, approx.20mm long

Habitat:

Dry sclerophyll forest

1 Species ID Suggestions

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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago
March Fly
Scaptia cf. guttata Tabanidae Family


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6 Comments

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Thanks Smith Zoo

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Smith Zoo
Smith Zoo 10 years ago

Nice close up Mac.

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Added photo

MacChristiansen
MacChristiansen 10 years ago

Added ID, Thanks Bayucca

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bayucca
bayucca 10 years ago

Tabanidae, March Flies, looks like being Scaptia sp. and Scaptia guttata seems to be quite a nice match. Please, verify, since I actually have no IDeas about flies...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14573979@N0...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24854575@N0...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/12626159@N0...
http://www.rymich.com/girraween/index.ph...

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Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Quite big. Maybe like a snail parasite fly.

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MacChristiansen
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MacChristiansen

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Dec 21, 2013
Submitted on Dec 21, 2013

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