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Photo by Scott Frazier
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Field Notes

Description:

An unidentified robust metallic fly.

Habitat:

Spotted along a survey transect in mixed lowland equatorial rainforest (freshwater swamp forest/sago swamp).

Species ID Suggestions

Green Blowfly

Lucilia sericata
Johan Heyns
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Comments (1)
Scott Frazier
Thanks for the suggestion, Johan. This is a very robust fly. I'm guessing almost 2 cm long. The antennae also look reduced compared to Lucilia sericata in my opinion.

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PublishedAugust 26, 2012

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