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Oriental Latrine Fly (Chrysomya megacephala)
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Copyright © 2008
Robert Lord Zimlich
Hairy Maggot Blow Fly -
Chrysomya megacephala
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Mobile (Dog River), Mobile County, Alabama, USA
November 9, 2008
Is my green bottle fly a Lucilia? Male or female? How can you tell? Thanks
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Contributed by
Robert Lord Zimlich
on 10 November, 2008 - 7:09am
Last updated 25 September, 2010 - 10:47am
probable Chrysomya megacephala
Terry Whitworth det.
Moved from
Blow Flies
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v belov
, 28 June, 2009 - 5:46pm
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Armpit hair
If you're following the keys you have to look underneath.
Lucilla
has a hairless white flap under the wing root and hairs at a particular spot on the body near the front of the thorax.
"Looks like" does have some value but I won't guess.
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John F. Carr
, 10 November, 2008 - 8:50am
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Lateral View
John,
Thanks to your advice, I added a lateral view showing the flap. I originally wasn't going to subscribe that image, as it is not the quality of this dorsal view. However, it does show important information.
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Robert Lord Zimlich
, 10 November, 2008 - 9:00am
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I think it may be a Chrysomya
I think it may be a Chrysomya species, perhaps C. rufifacies. This is because of the black first abdominal segment and black rims of the other abdominal segments. I don't know any Lucilia sp. that have these black markings.
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Lucas
, 18 November, 2008 - 8:53am
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