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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Polleniidae » Cluster flies (Pollenia) » Pollenia rudis
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Diptera, but what else? - Pollenia rudis
Copyright © 2006 Mardon Erbland

Diptera, but what else? - Pollenia rudis
Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
May 25, 2006
Size: 10 mm Body Length

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 25 May, 2006 - 7:49pm
Last updated 28 September, 2019 - 11:33am

Moved
Moved from Cluster flies.
… John F. Carr, 28 September, 2019 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Calyptratae.
… John F. Carr, 13 August, 2012 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Blow Flies.
… v belov, 14 May, 2009 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

Blow Fly (Calliphoridae)
Looks like a Blow Fly.
… Adalbert Goertz, 26 May, 2006 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

 
Protophormia terraenovae, perhaps?
Thanks for pointing me to Calliphoridae.  From there, I went looking for a Genus and I think my images may be of a "Northern Blow Fly" (Common Name). The University of Austria has an image of P. terraenovae that looks like my specimen.  Claude Wyss also has a photo on his web page. Does Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-desvoidy, 1830) seem like the correct ID for mine?
… Mardon Erbland, 26 May, 2006 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

 
It's a Pollenia sp., probably
It's a Pollenia sp., probably pediculata. Protophormia terraenovae does occur in the region this photo was taken, and it is very hairy like this one, but it has a noticeable metallic luster, usually blue. Pollenia species are dull colored like this, and have some golden hairs on the thorax. These I think are slightly visable on the sides of the throax in these pictures.
… Lucas, 28 October, 2008 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

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