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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Flesh Flies (Sarcophagidae) » Paramacronychiinae » Wohlfahrtia » Fox Maggot (Wohlfahrtia vigil)
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Flesh Fly - Wohlfahrtia vigil
Copyright © 2006 Scott Nelson

Flesh Fly - Wohlfahrtia vigil
Fernhill Wetland, Washington County, Oregon, USA
September 7, 2001
Size: 14 mm
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Contributed by Scott Nelson on 14 January, 2006 - 2:14am
Last updated 20 November, 2014 - 6:46pm

Moved
Moved from Wohlfahrtia.
… John F. Carr, 20 November, 2014 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sarcophaga.
… Scott Nelson, 1 December, 2008 - 3:43pm login or register to post comments

Not Sarcophaga.
I'm almost certain this is not Sarcophaga, but Wohlfahrtia. The spotted abdomen is pretty distinctive. This is one of the few North American flies recorded as (rarely) causing myiasis in humans. If you really want to know what myiasis is, don't eat a meal before you look it up:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 17 January, 2006 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
The abdomen pattern of three black dots per tergite is Wohlfahrtia.
… Mark Fox, 1 December, 2008 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

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