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big footed fly with dainty ankles - Flesh Fly - Sarcophaga
Copyright © 2009 Lynn Bergen

big footed fly with dainty ankles - Flesh Fly - Sarcophaga
Baiting Hollow, Suffolk County, New York, USA
May 8, 2009
Not on manure bag, on chair, but maybe from the manure bag.
Contributed by Lynn Bergen on 9 May, 2009 - 11:14am
Last updated 10 May, 2009 - 3:05am

i think so, too
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… v belov, 9 May, 2009 - 1:17pm

 
No.
This is a typical "flesh fly," genus Sarcophaga. Scarlet eyes and "tail," plus striped thorax usually point to sarcophagids.
… Eric R. Eaton, 9 May, 2009 - 10:16pm

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