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gray squirrel, blue bottle flies

Sciurus carolinensis & Protophormia terraenovae

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Field Notes

Description:

We´ve found this dead gray squirrel (about 30 cm) while our bike tour. Usually the gray squirrel isn´t common in this area, we use to see red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris)
Now if I think of it, we haven´t seen them for a while now... :(

Habitat:

woods, gardens

Notes:

@ nana puppet

Species ID Suggestions

Blue bottle fly

Protophormia terraenovae
BillCarpenter
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Comments (8)
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
thanks BillCarpenter! there were several fly sp. on the body, but only the bottle flies remained there when we approached.
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
well, it was quite big, a female, the trees weren´t big, young shrubs. I suppose it fell, or it could have had some kind of illness.
SusanEllison
you have a good heart...maybe it is old age you think?
SusanEllison
poor little fellow! did you give him a proper burial?

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Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Photographed
PublishedJuly 10, 2011

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