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Family Calliphoridae - Blow Flies

Calliphora · Hairy maggot blow flies · Screwworm Flies · Lucilia · Phormia

Genus Calliphora
Calliphora sp.? - Calliphora Blue Bottle Fly - Calliphora im 056 - Calliphora Large Fly - Calliphora Which Blow Fly? - Calliphora Fly ID Request - Calliphora Big Blue Fly 2 - Calliphora Bluebottle fly? - Calliphora vomitoria

Genus Chrysomya - Hairy maggot blow flies
red-eyed fly - Chrysomya megacephala Blow flies? - Chrysomya rufifacies A couple shots of red eye - Chrysomya megacephala - male Lady Hairy Blow Fly? - Chrysomya - female Green Fly - Chrysomya rufifacies BG1379 C3523 - Chrysomya megacephala - male Hairy Maggot Blow Fly and friends - Chrysomya rufifacies - female Green Bottle - Chrysomya megacephala - female

Genus Cochliomyia - Screwworm Flies
Fly - Cochliomyia macellaria Calliphorid Fly - Cochliomyia macellaria - male Calliphorid Fly - Cochliomyia macellaria Secondary Screwworm Fly - Cochliomyia macellaria Blow Fly - Cochliomyia macellaria Calliphoridae possibly Paralucilia wheeleri? - Cochliomyia macellaria Blowfly - Cochliomyia macellaria ID confirmation/correction - Cochliomyia macellaria - male

Genus Lucilia
Blow Fly - Lucilia Green Bottle Fly - Lucilia Green fly - Lucilia Blow fly - Lucilia blow fly - Lucilia Green Blow Fly on Fennel in California - Lucilia Common Green Bottle Fly - Lucilia sericata Unidentified Insect 118 - Lucilia

Genus Phormia
Blow Fly - Phormia regina - female green fly - Phormia regina - female Large Blow Fly - Phormia regina Green bottle flies mating -- Lucilia? - Phormia regina - male - female Phormia regina - female Hoover - Phormia regina - female Fly kiss - Phormia regina Fly - Phormia regina


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