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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Blow Flies (Calliphoridae) » Lucilia » Common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata)
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Blow Fly - Lucilia sericata
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Blow Fly - Lucilia sericata
Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
August 26, 2006
Is this a Tachinid in the genus Gymnocheta?
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Contributed by tom murray on 27 August, 2006 - 6:10pm
Last updated 28 June, 2009 - 6:03pm

probable Lucilia sericata
Terry Whitworth det.

Moved from Blow Flies.
… v belov, 28 June, 2009 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Oestroidea.
… Keith Bayless, 20 February, 2007 - 4:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
It looks like a Lucilia to me, a blow fly rather than a Tachinid.
… Beatriz Moisset, 11 September, 2006 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

 
probable Lucilia sp
Thanks Beatriz. Should this stay here or go to the Lucilia page?
… tom murray, 11 September, 2006 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

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