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Fly - Musca domestica
Copyright © 2008 Elliotte Rusty Harold

Fly - Musca domestica
Wild Animal Park, San Diego County, California, USA
June 7, 2008
Size: bit smaller than housefly
Several near elephants
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Contributed by Elliotte Rusty Harold on 8 June, 2008 - 8:56am
Last updated 10 April, 2009 - 4:19pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… v belov, 10 April, 2009 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

Muscidae
I think it is probably a house fly
… Norm Woodley, 10 April, 2009 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

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Maybe a House Fly, Musca domestica (Muscidae).
… Andy Calderwood, 8 June, 2008 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

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