I believe that this is a female, due to the distance between the eyes. Is there some other way to tell?
I feel that this is a
Sarcophaga species because of the three bold stripes down the back of the fly. It "matches" many of the other
Sarcophaga species photos on the guide. There are also other physical markers that I checked
here, and they do seem consistent with the genus.
Finally, I am also confident of the I.D. because I found this fly at work (the Medical Examiner's office!). We have abundant attractive odors for flies at times here (especially summer), and there are often stow-aways inside of body bags, etc.
I am adding these photos because there is no data as of yet re:
Sarcophaga in August for Florida.
The fly was captured and placed in a container with absolute methanol soaked into a paper towel. It quickly succumbed, and is now part of my growing collection.
Thanks for the help.