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| Toby |
Posted on 27-07-2014 23:38
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 Member Location: SW LONDON Posts: 550 Joined: 12.01.07 |
Interested to know why this pregnant fly was passing a droplet every 30secs or so from its abdomen. Richmond Park, London on railings  IMG_0753 fly exuding liquid from abdomen by tobyjug5, on Flickr Toby |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 27-07-2014 23:48
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 Member Location: Norwich, England Posts: 7232 Joined: 19.11.04 |
Haematobosca stimulans (Muscidae). Adult females feed on cattle blood. This individual may be getting rid of excess water and salts after extracting proteins from the blood for egg maturation.
Edited by Tony Irwin on 27-07-2014 23:57 Tony ---------- Tony Irwin |
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| Toby |
Posted on 28-07-2014 01:15
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Member Location: SW LONDON Posts: 550 Joined: 12.01.07 |
Thanks for info
Toby |
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