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Green Bottle Fly? - Lucilia - male
Copyright © 2006 Donna K Race

Green Bottle Fly? - Lucilia - Male
Doddridge County, West Virginia, USA
October 4, 2006

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Contributed by Donna K Race on 4 October, 2006 - 1:04pm
Last updated 17 October, 2006 - 7:07pm

Yes!
the family is Calliphoridae and they're also called "blow flies".

Yours is a male (since the eyes meet at the top of the head).
… Steve Pelikan, 4 October, 2006 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Was going to say male...
since Martin Hauser gave me that ID tip for a syrphid fly. Is this common to all male fly species?

Thanks Steve for the family confirmation!
… Donna K Race, 4 October, 2006 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

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