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Stomoxys calcitrans
The stripes and abdomen markings on the fly are more yellowish than in the pictures which turned out quite dark due to the lighting.
Spotted on Feb 22, 2013
Submitted on Feb 22, 2013
2 Comments
Hi Forest Dragon. Thought it was a flesh fly at first but this one has dark eye area (flesh flies are red) NZ flesh flies look like my spotting http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/173... so not quite sure what it is
Hi Jill, nice spotting! I think this might be a different species of fly than Helophilus seelandicus.
Here are some references for the Three-lined Hoverfly:
http://naturewatch.org.nz/taxa/54478-Hel...
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62577675@N0...
Your striped fly reminds me more of a species of Flesh Fly, Genus Sarcophaga. Check out this page:
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http...
Hope this helps!