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There were quite a few flies in attendance at the wake, following the death of a NZ fur seal. These are some mug-shots cropped from photos of the scene, so are not very detailed. The host: /observations/2447298 The bountiful reward: /observations/2463075
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There were quite a few flies in attendance at the wake, following the death of a NZ fur seal. These are some mug-shots cropped from photos of the scene, so are not very detailed. The host: /observations/2447298 The bountiful reward: /observations/2463075
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Blue and Gold Fly seen in garden See more photos on facebook https://www.facebook.com/GivernysCollection/photos/?tab=album&album_id=301272530236658
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Blue and Gold Fly seen in garden See more photos on facebook https://www.facebook.com/GivernysCollection/photos/?tab=album&album_id=301272530236658
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On stink-horn fungus Aseroe rubra growing in wood-chip mulch under totara trees. Zoom in on the photo and you can see the 3 prescutellar and 3 post scutellar acrostichal setae which differentiate it from Calliphora hilli (2+3 acrostichals).
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On stink-horn fungus Aseroe rubra growing in wood-chip mulch under totara trees. Zoom in on the photo and you can see the 3 prescutellar and 3 post scutellar acrostichal setae which differentiate it from Calliphora hilli (2+3 acrostichals).
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This is the small brown blowfly that's the common fly dead at the base of our house windows at the moment. I keyed it out using the 1954 key I found at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_82/rsnz_82_03_008400.html. It mentions two golden brown blowfly species in New Zealand, Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli and Calliphora stygia, which are separated by their number of pairs of presutural aurostichal bristles. I had to look that up on Google, then counted two pairs (annotated on one of my photos) which match Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli. Calliphora stygia has three pairs.
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This is the small brown blowfly that's the common fly dead at the base of our house windows at the moment. I keyed it out using the 1954 key I found at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_82/rsnz_82_03_008400.html. It mentions two golden brown blowfly species in New Zealand, Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli and Calliphora stygia, which are separated by their number of pairs of presutural aurostichal bristles. I had to look that up on Google, then counted two pairs (annotated on one of my photos) which match Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli. Calliphora stygia has three pairs.
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This is the small brown blowfly that's the common fly dead at the base of our house windows at the moment. I keyed it out using the 1954 key I found at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_82/rsnz_82_03_008400.html. It mentions two golden brown blowfly species in New Zealand, Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli and Calliphora stygia, which are separated by their number of pairs of presutural aurostichal bristles. I had to look that up on Google, then counted two pairs (annotated on one of my photos) which match Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli. Calliphora stygia has three pairs.
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This is the small brown blowfly that's the common fly dead at the base of our house windows at the moment. I keyed it out using the 1954 key I found at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_82/rsnz_82_03_008400.html. It mentions two golden brown blowfly species in New Zealand, Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli and Calliphora stygia, which are separated by their number of pairs of presutural aurostichal bristles. I had to look that up on Google, then counted two pairs (annotated on one of my photos) which match Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli. Calliphora stygia has three pairs.
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This is the small brown blowfly that's the common fly dead at the base of our house windows at the moment. I keyed it out using the 1954 key I found at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_82/rsnz_82_03_008400.html. It mentions two golden brown blowfly species in New Zealand, Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli and Calliphora stygia, which are separated by their number of pairs of presutural aurostichal bristles. I had to look that up on Google, then counted two pairs (annotated on one of my photos) which match Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli. Calliphora stygia has three pairs.
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This is the small brown blowfly that's the common fly dead at the base of our house windows at the moment. I keyed it out using the 1954 key I found at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_82/rsnz_82_03_008400.html. It mentions two golden brown blowfly species in New Zealand, Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli and Calliphora stygia, which are separated by their number of pairs of presutural aurostichal bristles. I had to look that up on Google, then counted two pairs (annotated on one of my photos) which match Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli. Calliphora stygia has three pairs.
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This is the small brown blowfly that's the common fly dead at the base of our house windows at the moment. I keyed it out using the 1954 key I found at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_82/rsnz_82_03_008400.html. It mentions two golden brown blowfly species in New Zealand, Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli and Calliphora stygia, which are separated by their number of pairs of presutural aurostichal bristles. I had to look that up on Google, then counted two pairs (annotated on one of my photos) which match Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli. Calliphora stygia has three pairs.
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This is the small brown blowfly that's the common fly dead at the base of our house windows at the moment. I keyed it out using the 1954 key I found at http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_82/rsnz_82_03_008400.html. It mentions two golden brown blowfly species in New Zealand, Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli and Calliphora stygia, which are separated by their number of pairs of presutural aurostichal bristles. I had to look that up on Google, then counted two pairs (annotated on one of my photos) which match Calliphora rufipesCalliphora hilli. Calliphora stygia has three pairs.
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Small approx 7-8 mm fly I thought it was a drone fly but the colour patterns is different. Sorry not a good shot was a bit quick for me.
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Small approx 7-8 mm fly I thought it was a drone fly but the colour patterns is different. Sorry not a good shot was a bit quick for me.
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Three of this guys where taken from my scalp, they where living there for a week, not my favorite insect after that experience.
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Daejeon
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Feeding on mangrove nectar
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about half the size of a housefly