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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Calliphorinae » Calliphora » images found unIDable beyond genus by T.L. Whitworth (Calliphora images found unIDable beyond genus by T.L. Whitworth)
Photo#264419
Fly - Calliphora
Copyright © 2009 Sam Houston

Fly - Calliphora
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
April 6, 2009
Size: 6mm (1/4")
Blue Bottle Fly - Calliphora vomitoria ?

Please help with ID.
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Contributed by Sam Houston on 8 April, 2009 - 3:29pm
Last updated 15 December, 2010 - 10:44pm

Calliphora sp. -- det. T.L. Whitworth
Moved from Blow Flies.
… v belov, 15 December, 2010 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

re: image 264419:
Sam, we would need to see the front of the face for this particular male to get this to species level. I would move this to family level (Calliphoridae)in the meantime.
… Ross Hill, 8 April, 2009 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Ross & Sam, pardon my hijacking!
Ross, have you seen the Frankenfly? I think it may be something special.
… Ron Hemberger, 8 April, 2009 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

Question...
Are you sure these are two pictures of the same fly - look at the eyes.
… Ross Hill, 8 April, 2009 - 4:09pm login or register to post comments

 
Holy $%&*
You're right!!

There were quite a few of these around where I took these. I had assumed they were the same one because I took several pics of this "one fly" in particular thinking I had the same one....apparently not.

That's weird!
… Sam Houston, 8 April, 2009 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

 
re: Holy $%&* : }
You may want to delink one of these.
… Ross Hill, 8 April, 2009 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

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