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Fly - Pollenia - male - female

Fly - Pollenia - Male Female
Winfield, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
April 3, 2005
Size: 8mm
A swarm of very early spring flies congregated on a tree stump sucking up sap. Anyone?

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Fly - Pollenia - male - female Cluster Fly - Pollenia - male - female

Calliphoridae.
Looks like they might be in the genus Pollenia. They tend to emerge in large numbers from hibernation....

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