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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Chrysomyinae » Phormia » Black Blow Fly (Phormia regina)
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Phormia regina - female
Copyright © 2007 Cotinis

Phormia regina - Female
Snowhill Road north of Cabin Branch Creek, Treyburn area, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 14, 2007
Size: 10 mm
Blowfly reared from a forensics demonstration as part of Durham Technical Community College's Criminal Justice Technology Program .

Is this Phormia regina? I, unfortunately, did not save the fly for a specimen.
Image updated and additional images added 3/14/2020.

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Contributed by Cotinis on 15 May, 2007 - 1:31pm
Last updated 14 March, 2020 - 11:08am

possible Phormia regina
Terry Whitworth det.

Moved from Blow Flies.
… v belov, 28 June, 2009 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

Blow Fly
The first pic of the setae on the stem vein of the wing indicates that it is part of the subfamily Chrysomyinae. The coloration leads me to think that it is indeed Phormia regina, a species which can be blue or green. To know for sure, you'd have to look at the anterior spiracle on the thorax, and if the fine setae that covers it is orange, then it is confirmed. Great picture of the stem vein by the way.
… Lucas, 28 October, 2008 - 2:48pm login or register to post comments

 
additional images
Dorsolateral and a true dorsal:



Also, previous images have been processed more carefully and larger versions loaded--visible to BugGuide editors and experts. (I have been revisiting a lot of my old work and uploading images with improved processing.) Thanks again, after all this time.
… Cotinis, 14 March, 2020 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from screwworm flies.
… Cotinis, 20 May, 2008 - 10:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Blow Flies.
… Cotinis, 15 May, 2007 - 6:35pm login or register to post comments

see comment
here
… A.W. Thomas, 15 May, 2007 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

Certainly in the Phormiini...
Certainly in the Phormiini... I'm not familiar enough with Protocalliphora to exclude it entirely, but Phormia seems likely... a lateral shot showing the spiracle would have been useful.
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 15 May, 2007 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

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