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HUGE fly - Laphria vultur
Copyright © 2011 Arthur Scott Macmillan

HUGE fly - Laphria vultur
Soquel, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
July 5, 2011
Size: 25mm or more
As you can see it landed on my dogs head. I tried to get closer, but to no avail! Look at those monster legs!
(I updated the image to a lightened version - It looked much lighter on my big HD screen)

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Contributed by Arthur Scott Macmillan on 10 July, 2011 - 12:53am
Last updated 6 September, 2014 - 10:39pm

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