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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Calliphorinae » Calliphora » Blue Blow Fly (Calliphora vicina)
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Blow Fly on Pawpaw flower - Calliphora vicina
Copyright © 2011 Karl Hillig

Blow Fly on Pawpaw flower - Calliphora vicina
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
May 24, 2011
This fly may be a natural pollinator of pawpaw (Asimina trilboba). The flowers are liver colored and apparently do not produce nectar, so they don't attract bees. They may smell like carrion to a fly, but I can't detect it. ID help appreciated.

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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 8 June, 2011 - 1:43pm
Last updated 8 April, 2014 - 8:22am

Moved
Moved from Calliphora.
… Ben Coulter, 8 April, 2014 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Blow Flies.
… Ben Coulter, 10 November, 2013 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Flies.
… John F. Carr, 13 October, 2012 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Why Calliphoridae
rather than Sarcophagidae?
… Karl Hillig, 23 February, 2013 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Color?
I don't remember why I moved it. Most likely because the slightly shining color is more like Calliphoridae. It also has more than three stripes, excluding the common Sarcophaginae.
… John F. Carr, 23 February, 2013 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, John.
I see it looks similar to this blue blowfly.
… Karl Hillig, 23 February, 2013 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

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