APHOTOMARINE

An Educational Photographic Resource and Stock Image Library
of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
Coastal Waters of South-West England by David Fenwick.

Diptera - Strandline Fly Maggots (Diptera - Marine Arthropod Images)
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A Beach Fly
Dipterous Insect
- washed up on strandline 1

A Beach Fly
Dipterous Insect
- washed up on strandline 2

A Beach Fly
Dipterous Insect
- washed up on strandline 3

A Beach Fly
Dipterous Insect
- feasting seagulls 1

A Beach Fly
Dipterous Insect
- feasting seagulls 2

17.11.10 - Maggots were found being washed up by the thousands on the incoming tide on the beach at Marazion, Cornwall. The sea state was very rough and a huge flock of seagulls alerted us to the fact that something edible was being washed up. On close inspection we found thousands if not millions of fly maggots. I assume that the maggots had been feeding on rotting kelp that had been washed up and buried by storms earlier in the year.

Diptera Strandline Fly Maggots Insecta Marine Arthropod Diptera Images
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