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Muscoid fly - Calliphora
Copyright © 2008 Charley Eiseman

Muscoid fly - Calliphora
Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
June 22, 2008
Size: 7-8 mm
There are dozens of these in the bottom floor of the house all of a sudden.

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 22 June, 2008 - 9:02am
Last updated 10 April, 2009 - 2:38pm

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… v belov, 10 April, 2009 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

Calliphoridae: probably Calliphora sp.
Calliphoridae: probably Calliphora sp.
… Norm Woodley, 10 April, 2009 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

Calliphoridae.
This is most likely a blow fly, family Calliphoridae. Size indication would help here.
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 June, 2008 - 12:34am login or register to post comments

 
Size
7-8 mm. If that's what they are, I suppose they emerged from a dead mouse that was hidden away somewhere.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 June, 2008 - 1:39am login or register to post comments

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