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Bromophila caffra
large black fly with a red head
miombo woodland, 1000m
I spotted this on the way to Fort Mangochi. It was fairly calm and let me approach closely.
Spotted on Jan 9, 2015
Submitted on Jun 14, 2015
17 Comments
Thanks Leuba!
Congratulations Dan !. A brilliant and interesting spotting. Thanks.
Thank you triggs, Dilan, Toshimi, Zlatan, Jolly and Desomond.
Nice macro pictures!
Congratulations Dan. Beautiful capture.
amazing insect and great shots. It really looks like from another world. Congrats.
Amazing Fly! Congratulations!
congrats Dan!!!Nice series!!
Oh Wow! What a bug, very well done on your SOTD.
Thanks a lot kel!
congratulations dan this is an incredible fly, great spotting
Thanks Yasser for SOTD and thank you Luis.
Congrats Dan! Amazing SOTD.
Dan, this fantastic series was selected as Spotting of the Day! Thanks for sharing this fascinating species (and so many others!) with our community and congrats on the recognition!
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Alternatively should we call it Turkey Fly? The red head appears very much similar! Great photos!
STUNNING series!
Red Skull Marvel o.o