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04-08-2010, 06:22 PM
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| | | Very large fly
Tis the biggest fly I've seen! 
Has big feet as well.
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04-08-2010, 06:27 PM
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Someone asked me last weekabout a huge fly that looked like it had suckers on its feet. I wonder if this is the one they saw too. Sorry I can't help with the ID but I'll be interested to know what it is, hopefully it can be ID'd from a front-on photo.
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04-08-2010, 06:27 PM
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Sarcophaga sp. |
04-08-2010, 06:52 PM
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Right, thanks! I shall think of that song "Your feet's too big" in future. Is it a male or female - can you tell by the eyes like hoverflies?
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04-08-2010, 08:45 PM
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Evening Hed,
Yes, Sarcophaga sp.
We have 52 species in the UK and a good number of those will look exactly the same as this. Species identification I bet would come down to internal genitalia and external bristle placement.
As for sexing - I've never really paid too much attention to these as they can't be field-identified. Still, I believe that if there is a big gap between them it's a girl, but if they are closer - but not centrally-touching - it's a boy.
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| | | Re: Very large fly
flesh flie 
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