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Fly - Chrysomya rufifacies
Copyright © 2007 Sam Houston

Fly - Chrysomya rufifacies
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
October 18, 2007
Size: 1/4"
I think this is another Blow Fly (a.k.a. Green Bottle Fly) but it looks different somehow....rounder or squatier. Please help with ID.

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Contributed by Sam Houston on 18 October, 2007 - 5:39pm
Last updated 19 October, 2007 - 10:48am

Hairy maggot blow fly, I think.
Nice name, huh? Nice shots, for sure.
… Ron Hemberger, 18 October, 2007 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

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