Stinkhorn attracting a fly.

The stinkhorn is a 'crabpot' stinkhorn forming an enclosed basket. This one is older and has collapsed, as they do. There are two species in Australia and this species appears to be common around Brisbane.
https://megoutlook.org/2010/06/05/stinkhorn-fungi/
I have not determined the fly. It is possibly a blowfly.

comments (4)

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Impressive that you found the ID! Posted 9 years ago
1. Martin Lagerwey
  
  Lion
  
  There are only two in Australia and I went with the one that is local to Brisbane. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/46a3681e-2931-4005-bfb6-070b11b863c7#
  However I am not an expert by any means and I know that copying like this can skew the datasets. Posted 9 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    You have a solid reputation, Martin, would definitely not challenge it. I was just aiming at how hard flies are to identify in general, well for me at least :) Posted 9 years ago
  2. 1. Martin Lagerwey
      
      Lion
      
      Well I confess that flies are not my field of knowledge and I am willing to be corrected.
      Mark has a much better grasp on this group than I do.
      Looking more closely, this fly appears more like a blow fly than a flesh fly and I shall remove the "flesh" from my description. Thanks for checking. https://www.google.com.au/search?q=flesh+fly&espv=2&biw=1242&bih=594&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwuKytuvbMAhVD6KYKHT3kAhgQ_AUIBigB#tbm=isch&q=blow+fly Posted 9 years ago