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Old 08-05-2009, 08:07 PM
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Re: Some insects for ID please

Thanks Janet!

You're right, no sign of stripy eyes. Here's a hard crop on the head...



It reminded my quite a bit of the yellow dung fly but redder and not quite so "chunky" looking. Could it be a scathophagid?

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