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The adults food source is as alluded to above " decaying organic matter/carrion, or feces ", but that would also include the class of stinky mushrooms that smell like carrion, etc.

ExFmem wrote: ↑Fri Feb 26, 2021 7:11 pm The adults food source is as alluded to above " decaying organic matter/carrion, or feces ", but that would also include the class of stinky mushrooms that smell like carrion, etc.

Yeah, my thoughts exactly

I assume the fungus belongs to Phallaceae, maybe sort of Itajahya and this clever chap produces this smelly slimy mass to attract flies for dispersal of the spores, as with all living things they want to reproduce

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phallaceae


So wo do agree that we have a Sarcophagidae fly feeding on a foul-smelling meal

Now we go for the species!

"Do you maybe have a photo of the tree, would love to know if it is one of the alien mesquite trees"

no sorry I don't have, I searched... but only this one

ID please

Harry, you should know at least the family

Lisbeth wrote: ↑Sun Feb 28, 2021 6:44 pm Harry, you should know at least the family

Must be the uglysatures gagasikus family

harrys wrote: ↑Sun Feb 28, 2021 6:03 pm ID please

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Brown Armoured Corncricket Acanthoplus discoidalis

Klipspringer wrote: ↑Sun Feb 28, 2021 7:21 pm

harrys wrote: ↑Sun Feb 28, 2021 6:03 pm ID please

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Brown Armoured Corncricket Acanthoplus discoidalis

Thank you ladies

nan wrote: ↑Wed Feb 24, 2021 11:48 pm and what about this one... a fly (Baboon like )
Kgalagadi 3.2.2017

Now we do the final ID for this one!

So far we know it is in the family Sarcophagidae and it feeds on the stinky spore mass of a fungus.

ExFmem also noted the orange/red tail!